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Google Street View faces Spanish inquisition

Google Street View faces Spanish inquisition

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Spain has become the latest country to take search giant Google to task over the unauthorised gathering of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars. The country joins a queue of territories already investigating claims that the company violated local privacy laws by snooping on traffic sent over unprotected wireless networks while its cars were out taking photographs for the site's Street View feature.  Madrid judge Raquel Fernandino is investigating whether or not...



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