Why you can't click on Google Maps when you're looking for a location

You may have noticed it in the past few weeks when you search for an address or location on Google: the corresponding map is suddenly no longer clickable. Not very handy, but no technical error. The disappearance of Google Maps in your search results is the result of a new European law that has been in force since the beginning of this month.

You may have noticed in the last couple of weeks, when you're looking up an address or a location on Google, that the adjacent map suddenly isn't available for you to click on. It's not very handy, but it's not a technical error. The disappearance of Google Maps in your search results is the result of a new European law that's been in force since the beginning of this month.