Tom Chivers reports: Google has deleted all of the data collected from unsecured British wifi networks, six months after the problem was discovered. The search engine giant admitted in May that it had been collecting data from unprotected networks, in breach of the Data Protection Act. Its Streetview cars had been collecting information transmitted over…
Category: Breaches
AU: Saints furious over nude pics
Rodney Mouawad reports: The St Kilda Football Club is furious with a teenage girl over publishing two lewd pictures, including a nude picture of one of their stars on the social-networking site Facebook. St Kilda were so infuriated that they went to the Federal Court of Melbourne late on Monday afternoon seeking an order against…
Google Argues Street View Cars Did Not Violate Privacy Laws
Wendy Davis reports: Arguing that it broke no laws, Google is asking a judge to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit stemming from the company’s collection of data sent over WiFi networks. “It is not unlawful under the Wiretap Act to receive information from networks that are configured so that communications sent over them are “readily…
Google refuses demand for Street View data
Mike Swift reports: Google has told Connecticut’s attorney general it will not comply with his demand to view data from unsecured home and business Wi-Fi networks that the company collected through its Street View cars, a decision that has the state threatening legal action against Google. “I am disappointed by Google’s failure to comply with…