In a statement, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information accepted that Google had made a mistake but said that the firm could not be allowed to get away with it. Google did cooperate in the clarification thereof and...
This has led to police investigations and action by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) against the firm, although no fines or legal action has ever been taken. Google has admitted it has discovered more WiFi data collected by its Street...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reopened its investigation into Google's Street View Wi-Fi collecting in light of recent revelations that the firm was fully aware the technology would grab users' data.
Facebook should ensure that any data it collects should be used in the manner that its users expect," a spokesman for the UK Information Commissioner said. Next week the European Commission, The UK Information Commissioner and others will meet to...
Joaquin Almunia, a European Competition Commissioner, told Reuters, "We are trying to determine whether the company holds a dominant position in Internet search. Google announced that WiFi data collected in the Netherlands will be deleted.
Canada's privacy commissioner has asked Google to undergo an independent, third-party audit of its policies after her office found the Internet giant's lack of privacy programs led it to wrongly collect and hold confidential information of...
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham, in referring to the e-mails, passwords, and other data Google inadvertently collected off unencrypted wireless networks with its Street View cars (last month called a "gross invasion of privacy").
Canada's privacy commissioner declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws by collecting WiFi data containing complete e-mails, e-mail addresses, user names and passwords, names and residential telephone numbers and addresses, and...
Canada's privacy commissioner declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws, which followed news that Spain's Data Protection Agency plans to fine Google between due to the Wi-Fi data Google collected with its Street View cars.
Canada's privacy commissioner yesterday declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws, which followed news that Spain's Data Protection Agency plans to fine Google between €60,000 and €600,000 ($84,000 and $840,000) per offense due to...
Q&A: Federal privacy commissioner talks spam. The content of a report on me indicates that the credit data is old, collected and disseminated by credit agencies prior to the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
