Google Street View Snaps Woman 43 Times

South Korean police have finally realised what the rest of us have known for yonks – Google's Street View cars were snaffling up e-mails and other personal information from private Wi-fi networks as they trundled around the...

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an investigation into Google's Street View service.The investigation will determine whether or not the search giant broke privacy laws by collecting user data from...

The UK's leading privacy watchdog came under fire in the House of Commons yesterday as MPs lined up to condemn its lack of action over illegal Wi-fi data collection by Google Street View cars. The Information Commissioner's...

"I think it's in Google’s interest to help people find and manage the information they want to find and manage and to do it in a way that continues to respect people's expectations of trust and privacy and security," says...

A security expert has devised a method which can pin-point the exact location of a person's home to attackers by accessing location data from Google’s Street View service, BBC News reported on Tuesday.The exploit, devised...

The Attorney-General of Connecticut has said that 37 states have joined the probe he launched into the collection of Wi-Fi data by Google Street View cars, the Wall Street Journal reported today.The investigation will look into...

Google has been lambasted for allowing its Street View service to publish pictures of the secretive SAS (Special Air Service) headquarters in Credenhill in Herefordshire which had never been photographed officially...

Greek authorities have barred Google from taking photographs of its streets over fears about the privacy implications of the search giant's Street View service. The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) has requested more...

The decision by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to let Google free to operate its controversial Street View online service is one more nail in the coffin of the concept of individual privacy. More than a decade ago,...

Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that 74 people have written to it about Google's Street View service since its launch last month. It said it would release details of the complaints and enquiries...

Street View, Google's equivalent to an open circuit television system, does not constitute a threat to personal privacy according to the Information Commissioner's Office. According to the Guardian, the ICO, which is UK's...

A privacy campaigner has vowed to bring a legal challenge over the launch of Google Street View in the UK. It is understandable that some people are uncomfortable with Google making an enormous photo album of 25 towns and cities,...

As one of the world's biggest data company, Google is bound to attract a significant amount of criticism and Google Street View, which is a feature of one of its most popular services, Google Maps, shouldn't come as a...

A privacy campaigner will launch a legal challenge to Google's Street View service, which was launched today. Simon Davies of Privacy International says that he will pursue "a test case" against Google.Street View comprises 360...

Google’s new service, Street View, which is said to facilitate people in their virtual touring of UK, faces a legal challenge from privacy advocates.The service said to have started this week, and it includes, capturing...