[Year 12 IT Apps] U4O2 - Google takes a privacy beating

[Mark KELLY]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/google-sued/

"At least three lawsuits have been filed against search engine giant
Google for collecting Wi-Fi user data through its Street View cameras.

The lawsuits have been filed in California, Massachusetts and Oregon.
They allege that Google violated federal and state privacy laws in
collecting fragments of data from unencrypted wireless networks as its
fleet of camera-equipped cars moseyed through neighborhoods snapping
pictures."

Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/google-sued/#ixzz0p4lxuis7


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