Sweden: IMY fines Google for GDPR violations

On 10 March 2020, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) concluded an investigation into the company Google for violating the GDPR on a number of counts. The dispute concerned firstly the removal of search results requested by data subjects, and secondly Google's practice of notifying webmasters of the removal such search results. IMY found that Google did not remove the search results in question without undue delay. In addition, IMY found that the practice of notifying webmasters constituted processing of personal data which violated the GDPR. As a result, IMY imposed an administrative penalty of SEK 75 million.