Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google Street View cars. The €145,000 fine comes nearly three years after we first learned about the Street View WiFi...
Google representatives said the collection came when a piece of code was unintentionally kept on Street View cars that went out into the wild. At the time, Google reported that the data collection was a mistake.
The company said in a statement that it didn't knowingly gather or profit from the data collection, which was said to be the work of a rogue engineer. The settlement ends a case against Google that dates back to 2010, when it was revealed that the...
Google's WiFi data collection incidents gave the company a huge privacy black eye in numerous countries around the globe. Google has admitted it has discovered more WiFi data collected by its Street View cars that it has failed to delete.
While Google has maintained that the collection of data was not authorized by the company and was not intentionally conducted, the company has drawn the ire of the European Commission over the incident.
The data collection occurred during Google's efforts to supplement its map service with shots taken by its fleet of Street View cars. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accused Google of knowingly collecting households' Wi-Fi data, a...
In 2010, officials raided the company's offices as part of its investigation in data collection by the Street View service. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that officials in South Korea are looking into the company's handling of mobile...
Congressman Ed Markey and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have urged for a larger investigation into Google’s Street View data collection. In its ruling, the FCC accused Google of “deliberately” impeding and delaying the 17-month...
Google has previously faced government scrutiny over the collection of wireless data by Street View teams all around the world. Google Stops Street View Data Collection After Canada, Spain Complaints Google Faces Oregon Class Action Lawsuit Over...
Google escaped penalties associated with the Federal Communications Commission’s electronic eavesdropping law in the agency’s investigation of private user data collection through Street View mapping.
Google’s practical jokes began a day early in 2012, with 8-Bit Google Maps, Chrome Multitask Mode making their debut, then continued early this morning with the YouTube Collection, Google Racing, Click-to-Teleport search ads, and much more.
Google was previously investigated over the collection of Wi-Fi data from private accounts by its Street View cars. Focused Collection: Consumers have a right to reasonable limits on the personal data that companies collect and retain.
As many as 30 countries world wide are considering prosecution of Google for its collection of data from unsecured hotspots while gathering information for its Street View project, according to the Age.
Google has had their share of problems with authorities in Europe regarding data collection practices. Officials in Seoul investigated Google in January, concluding Google's Street View cars had also illegally obtained information about WiFi...
Google Stops Street View Data Collection After Canada, Spain Complaints This is the first fine leveled against Google after it was discovered last year that Google had collected Wi-Fi data, including e-mails and passwords, from unsecured networks...
Google unrolled a new collection of street-view images this week, their largest yet. The images were captured by the google Street View trike. The Trike was designed by Google Engineer Daniel Ratner to capture images from locations around the world...
FCC Targets Google Over Wi-Fi Data Collection by Danny Goodwin Google escaped an FTC investigation without incurring any penalties, but now they face a new investigation from the Federal Communications Commission over data they collected off...
Joe Barton of Texas last week suggested in an interview on C-SPAN that Google's data collection wasn't accidental as Google claims, and Bloomberg reported the next Congress may question CEO Eric Schmidt.
Where Google is failing on data collection, privacy, SEO, spam, and more. Google Street View has debuted in Oberstaufen, Germany -- blurs and all. Google Street View Live & Slightly Blurry in Germany By Danny Goodwin
Google Stops Street View Data Collection After Canada, Spain Complaints By Danny Goodwin 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...
