Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today on behalf of the executive committee of a 38-state coalition asked Google whether it tested its Street View software before use — which should have revealed that the program collected data transmitted over wireless computer networks. Google has acknowledged unauthorized collection of data — possibly including emails, passwords, web browsing…
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State AGs to Probe Google’s “Deeply Disturbing Invasion” of Wi-Fi Data
John Paczkowski reports: Looks like “no harm, no foul” isn’t good enough for state regulators when it comes to the inadvertent collection of user data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by Google’s Street View cars. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that his office is spearheading a multistate investigation into Google’s Wi-Fi data-gathering debacle. “My…
Google Wi-Fi Data Collection Discussed by 30 Attorneys General
Karen Freifeld and Joel Rosenblatt report: Google Inc.’s collection of data via Wi-Fi networks was the subject of a conference call among law enforcement officials from 30 U.S. states, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. “We’re looking to establish where, when, why, for how long and for what purpose there was this collection of…