Each day access to the Internet becomes more and more important to finding a good job or getting a good education, and this neighborhood-wide wireless network will provide that resource to hundreds of thousands," said New York Senator Charles...
Criticism of the service was heightened when it was revealed that the imaging cars had been covertly harvesting information from passing wireless networks as they recorded street images for the service.
Google has previously faced government scrutiny over the collection of wireless data by Street View teams all around the world. Department of Justice (DOJ) to further investigate Google's Street View service, specifically whether Google violated...
Google will sell its 6.5 percent stake in wireless Internet service provider Clearwire for roughly $47 million (or a discounted stock price of $1.60 per share), according to an SEC filing. As part of the deal, Google was to provide search and...
When Google "accidentally" picked up data from encrypted wireless networks, the gates of Hades burst open. Google's defense was that this language applies to open WiFi networks. It's fairly easy as a tech-savvy users to understand why Google might...
It's aimed at "transmission of visual images and data by telecommunication networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks. While Photovine could be a new sub-service to Picasa that allowed...
Officials in Seoul investigated Google in January, concluding Google's Street View cars had also illegally obtained information about WiFi networks and other personal data from over 600,000 South Korean wireless users.
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...
After being stonewalled by Google, Connecticut's Attorney General and Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal is now taking legal action to force Google to reveal the data the company's Street View cars collected off unprotected wireless networks.
After being stonewalled by Google, Connecticut's Attorney General and Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal is now taking legal action to force Google to reveal the data the company's Street View cars collected off unprotected wireless networks.
Google collected private data, including full e-mails and passwords, off unsecured wireless networks with its Street View cars worldwide. Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian...
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").
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 unencrypted wireless networks with their Street View cars.
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 unencrypted wireless networks with their Street View cars, The Wall...
However, just as in the U.S.and Canada cases, they won't face any serious punishment and must delete the data it collected off wireless networks, paidContent reported. This was a fight-filled week for Google.
Google said they're "pushing the limits of mobile browsers and wireless networks. Google also pointed out that Instant mobile works best on 3G and WiFi networks. We reported that Google Instant beta was appearing on Android devices last week.
Federal Trade Commission has ended its inquiry into Google's wireless data grab, saying that the company has added better privacy controls into its corporate structure, Reuters reported. We've detailed Google's recent struggles in Italy, England...
Heading forward, Google won't let its Street View cars collect personal data off wireless networks. Google Discontinues Street View Wireless Data Collection However, they will continue to "rely on its users' [smartphones] to collect the information...
Skyhook sells a mobile location platform to wireless handset makers and app-makers.comScore Search plans to retain Alibaba stake. Boston-area startup Skyhook Wireless is suing Google for interfering with its business and patent infringement...
What the Attorney General wants to know is whether Google had conducted tests prior to using the software and knew it would pick up personal data from unprotected wireless networks. The case took a new twist a couple of weeks ago as Consumer...
