Tom Brewster reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is unable to fine Google for collecting data over unprotected Wi-Fi connections during its Street View project.Various reports have indicated the ICO could issue a landmark monetary penalty but the privacy watchdog admitted to IT PRO it cannot issue a monetary penalty as the data was gathered before…
Category: Non-U.S.
A Google Map of Google Maps’ Legal Troubles
Austin Carr writes: Italian officials today launched a probe into Google, which has been accused of collecting mounds of personal information through unsecured Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars. This is just the latest in a long line of governments looking into the matter, from Australia to Germany to South Korea. We’ve found it…
British Parliament Blasts Google Over Street View Breaches
Alison Diana reports: A member of Parliament (MP) lambasted Britain’s information commissioner for a “lily-livered” investigation into Google and its Street View breaches, which has expanded into a broad review of online privacy and the Internet. Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP for Harlow, Essex, put forth an early motion that led to Thursday’s debate in…
Other nations stop Google acting like a Peeping Tom. Why can’t we?
Robert Halfon, The MP who will today ask the Commons to curb Google’s powers, writes: A hot summer’s day in North London and families are enjoying picnics in a garden square, the younger children running gleefully around in the sunshine with no clothes on. A pleasant enough scene, except that months later it’s revealed that…