Whitten ascended to the position of privacy director in the wake of the furore created by revelations that it had been collecting private Wi-Fi data via Google's Street View cars. In 2010, Google was accused of harvesting private Wi-Fi data through...
The settlement ends a case against Google that dates back to 2010, when it was revealed that the company's Street View camera units had been illegally snooping in on local Wi-Fi networks while the vehicles were taking pictures for the service...
The firm is currently embroiled in numerous cases relating to its Street View service after it was found to have gather public Wi-Fi information, and has also failed to delete the data it promised to destroy.
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.
While Google's Street View service is undoubtedly useful and one most people online have used, enjoyed and benefitted from, for the firm itself it has caused many headaches, as it has faced numerous lawsuits and privacy scandals over its Wi-Fi...
In March 2011, the search giant was fined €430,000 for breach of copyright and €100,000 for collecting wi-fi data from unsecured networks while collecting Street View images for Google Maps. Google has no obligation to “police (YouTube) content...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accused Google of knowingly collecting households' Wi-Fi data, a practice the search giant has long argued happened by mistake during the design of its Street View service.
Google today filed a 17-page response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), accusing the government agency of causing delays that slowed down the Street View Wi-Fi data grab investigation and resulted in Google paying a $25,000 fine.
The fallout from Google's Street View Wi-Fi data grab continues. Department of Justice (DOJ) to further investigate Google's Street View service, specifically whether Google violated the Wiretap Act when the company collected Wi-Fi data from...
There simply isn’t a precedent for applying the law to unsecured Wi-Fi networks. FCC Targets Google Over Wi-Fi Data Collection Google escaped penalties associated with the Federal Communications Commission’s electronic eavesdropping law in the...
Because Wi-Fi transmissions are 'radio communications,' they are expressly defined by the Wiretap Act as 'readily accessible to the general public,' and their acquisition is not unlawful unless one of the statute’s specific exceptions applies.
Google was previously investigated over the collection of Wi-Fi data from private accounts by its Street View cars. Google, which has been getting heat over tracking Safari and Internet Explorer users, is expected to enable do-not-track in its...
Unlike the majority of mobiles, tablets rely mostly on Wi-Fi and 3G for connectivity. To help make sure the instant consumer lands on the mobile version of your site when they’re strolling down the street reading their smartphone, you have to do...
Google Entangled In 38-State Wi-Fi Snoop Probe 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.
This privacy situation is also somewhat ironic, considering Google was fined €100,000 ($142,000 U.S.not too long ago after collecting emails and passwords off unsecured Wi-Fi networks with Street View.
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 while collecting Street View images for Google Maps.
The South Korean government said Google had violated privacy collecting "e-mails and other personal information from unsecured wireless networks while it took photos of neighborhoods in South Korea for its Street View mapping service between...
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...
As soon as we realized what had happened, we stopped collecting all Wi-Fi data from our Street View cars and immediately informed the authorities. Google escaped an FTC investigation without incurring any penalties, but now they face a new...
We've detailed Google's recent struggles in Italy, England, Germany, Canada, and Spain over the past week in connection to both Street View's photography of homes as well as the personal data, including e-mails and passwords, the cars collected...
