The firm's latest privacy breach relates to vehicles not being labelled clearly enough on Italian streets.
Google has paid a €1m (£825,000) fine over the use of its Street View camera cars in Italy.
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) hit the California-based company with the penalty after complaints were made about its vehicles.
The fine relates back to Google's activities on Italian streets in 2010.
The regulator said: "Cars belonging to the giant of Mountain View roamed Italy's streets without being entirely recognisable as such.
"Therefore not allowing the people present in those places to decide whether to be photographed or not."
The fine does not relate to a separate probe into it allegedly capturing communications data during the mapping process.
A Google spokesperson told Sky News: "The fine from the DPA relates to an old case that dates back to 2010.
"We complied with everything the DPA required of us at the time."
The internet behemoth has faced numerous privacy complaints in the United States and Europe over Street View
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