UK launches new investigation into Google Street View privacy case
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UK data regulators have re-opened their investigation into Google's Street View data collection. As reported by the BBC, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) penned a letter to the search giant asking for more details about how equipment attached to its Street View cars collected personally identifiable information traveling over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks. The two sides reached an agreement in 2010 whereby Google would implement more security training for...
13 Jun 2012 by
Chloe Albanesius
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