Google Wi-Fi snooping broke the law
The Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has completed her investigation into Google's Wi-Fi spying bungle and found the company breached the Privacy Act. Full story »
Related Posts
- FTC closes investigation into Google’s Wi-Fi snooping The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has closed an investigation into Google Street View cars snooping into open Wi-Fi networks, with the agency declining to take action.
- FTC closes investigation into Google’s Wi-Fi snooping The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has closed an investigation into Google Street View cars snooping into open Wi-Fi networks, with the agency declining to take action.
- State AGs question Google about Street View Wi-Fi snooping Law enforcement officials from 38 states have sent a letter to Google, asking the company whether it tested its Street View mapping software before discovering it was snooping on Wi-Fi networks as the Street View cars drove through neighborhoods.
- Berners-Lee fears ’snooping’ on the net TIM Berners-Lee, one of the founders of the world wide web, said that he was concerned about the emergence of user profiling on the internet and "snooping."