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U.S. Appeals Court Rules Google Not Exempt From Wiretap Law In Wi-Spy Suit
Billions of Dollars At Stake For Google’s Collection Of Data With Street View Cars SANTA MONICA, CA – A federal appeals court ruled today that Google’s interception of messages from private Wi-Fi networks is not exempt from federal wiretap laws, opening the way for a class action suit in the Wi-Spy case to move forward with possible damages amounting to billions of dollars.
Continue reading...Google gets blurred in Germany
Friday, November 19, 2010
There are fears, oft-discounted but still harbored by at least one Israeli intelligence official, that terrorists might use Google Street View to plan terrorist attacks. If so, Google’s offices in Munich are safer today, because they are blurred in Google Street View, according to CNET’s Technically Incorrect.
Continue reading...Germans incensed by Google’s WiFi snooping on personal data; activity called illegal
Monday, May 17, 2010
Germany’s Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner blasted Google over the weekend for its “accidental” collection of personal data by Street View cars driving by the homes of citizens in Germany (and the U.S. and other countries all around the world).
Continue reading...Gathering your WiFi data – Google’s business plan
Friday, April 30, 2010
Government data protection authorities in Germany and the UK are questioning the collection of information on individual WiFI networks by Google’s Street View cars traversing their local streets.
Continue reading...News Clipping
“Google HomeView” arrives in Germany
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Many Germans have objected strenuously to Google's Street View service saying that it is an improper invasion of their privacy. Now there's a delightful ...
Continue reading...Google bucks Europe on Street View
Monday, March 1, 2010
European Union officials are asking Google to improve privacy practices with its Street View service, ...
Continue reading...How Google Can Stop Being Beaten With Privacy
Monday, August 24, 2009
That Google can still be surprised by privacy concerns is in itself surprising and suggests the company ought to approach privacy more proactively. Google would benefit from doing so because greater attention to privacy would defang its foes.
Continue reading...Google Defends Privacy of Gmail Service
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A Santa Monica, California-based nonprofit group that advocates for consumers is calling for the Internet’s search and ad leader to change the way it records users’ information. Officials with Consumer Watchdog say they want to see Google Inc. store personal search data for less than its current nine months, following Yahoo!’s lead, and also to give users a choice to “opt out” out of data retention, as some other search engines do.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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