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Google Loses Bid to Dismiss Street View Suit Over Privacy-Violation Claims

Google Inc. must face a lawsuit claiming its data collection using Wi-Fi networks for its Street View program, which allows users see photographs of roadsides, violates wiretapping laws, a judge said.

Google goes off-road: Now it straps Street View cameras to TRICYCLES to look around parks and footpaths

Google is extending its Street View website with photographs of off-road destinations that have previously not appeared online - by using specially-adapted tricycles.

FCC opens inquiry into Google data collection

Joelle Tessler Yahoo! Finance 11/10/2010
South Korea: Google violates law with 'Street View'

Google’s high-flying Street View service is in violation of Internet privacy laws here, police said Thursday.

FCC opens inquiry into Google data collection

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether Google Inc. broke the law by inadvertently sucking up fragments of e-mails, Internet passwords, Web surfing behavior and other online activities over public Wi-Fi networks while photographing neighborhoods for its "Street View" mapping feature.

Canada's privacy watchdog bites Google

Allan Dowd Yahoo! News 10/19/2010
U.S. ends inquiry on Google's Street View cars

U.S. federal regulators have closed an investigation into Google Inc's "Street View" maps service, saying the company has taken steps to address privacy concerns raised by its improper collection of emails and other personal information.

Canada's privacy watchdog bites Google

Canada's privacy watchdog accused Google Inc on Tuesday of violating the rights of thousands of Canadians by inappropriately collecting their personal information in building its Street View service.

Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic

John Markoff The Spec 10/09/2010
Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic

Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving.

Google Street-View Car Searched by Paris Privacy Regulators Before Ruling

A car used by Google Inc. to collect data for its Street View mapping service was stopped and searched yesterday near Paris, less than a week after France’s privacy regulator criticized the program’s resumption.

Spain investigates Google Street View wi-fi snooping

Spain has become the latest country to launch an investigation into the collection of sensitive wi-fi data by Google.

A body on Google Street View? Don't worry it's just me playing dead, says girl, ten

It is a suburban scene much like millions of others on Google's Street View site... apart from one chilling addition. Lying face down on the pavement, her shoe inches away in the gutter, is the body of a young girl.


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