Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Governments Dogpile on Google over Wi-Fi Data Collection

The New York Times reports on a number of investigations planned of Google's self-described accident in collecting data from open Wi-Fi networks: Hamburg, Germany, has opened a criminal investigation, while Spain, France, and the Czech Republic's data protection officials plan a look-see, too. The US FTC has been asked by Congress to check out the effort, too. Ireland and England are fine with the data collected in those countries being destroyed.



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