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Google Maps lets Street View users view some business interiors

, Oct 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google's Street View section of Google Maps has landed the search giant in hot water on more than one occasion. Not only have some taken offense to what they deem privacy issues with putting the photos online, the Street View fleet was also grabbing unsecured WiFi data in some areas. Google has added a new service to Street View in some areas. Read The Full Story

Google sends Street View trikes down Amazon and Rio Negro rivers

, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google is set to tackle some of the least populated places on earth with its Street View trikes. Google will be sending the trike down the Rio Negro and Amazon River strapped to a raft. I would hate to be the Google worker tasked with that job. The Amazon River is well known for all sorts of vicious animals like piranha and all sorts of other things. Read The Full Story

Google’s Eric Schmidt to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee antitrust subcommittee

, Jul 11th 2011 Discuss [2]

Google may have thought all of the legal wrangling that had to do with the revelation last year that its Street View vehicles were capturing WiFi data was behind it. As it turns out the issue may just not be heating up in the US with the announcement that executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt will testify before the Senate in September. Schmidt will be in front of the subcommittee for anti-trust investigations. Read The Full Story

Google fined $142k for French Street View data collection

, Mar 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

The French data privacy regulator, CNIL, has slapped Google with a whopping €100,000 ($142,000) fine for its collection of private data during Street View surveying. The biggest fine CNIL (National Commission for Information Freedom) has imposed since sanctions were authorized in 2004, while the regulator conceded that Google had agreed to delete all the data inadvertently gathered, it still believed "that Google has not refrained from using the data identifying WiFi access points of individuals without their knowledge." Read The Full Story

Google pays $1 compensation in Street View privacy case

, Dec 3rd 2010 Discuss [3]

Google has agreed to pay a US couple $1 in compensation, after Aaron and Christine Boring, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania accused the search giant of invading their privacy, trespassing, negligence and unjust enrichment when a Street View camera car was discovered to have driven onto their private driveway. According to the couple's lawyer, the compensation is "one sweet dollar of vindication." Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: November 30 2010

, Nov 30th 2010 Discuss [4]

What sort of day begins with a possible verification of aliens and ends with fabulous Lamborghini wireless mouse? A day at SlashGear, of course! Philip Berne writes a lovely modern story about his wife's birthday (happy birthday!), Google invites the media to a holiday party, and Samsung mobile display shows off a flexible 3D OLED concept at FPD International. Google gets investigated for squeezing, the Android Marketplace is fully content rated, and Verizon promises a spectacular reveal of their 4G LTE network via invite - secrets in store? Let's hope! All this and MORE right freaking here on none other than The Daily Slash! Read The Full Story

Google to wipe accidental UK Street View data to escape further inquiry

, Nov 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Google has agreed to wipe the WiFi data it captured in the UK while shooting photography for its Street View service, with the UK deputy information commissioner agreeing that in doing so the search giant will escape fines or further inquiry. Although Google admitted to accidentally gathering information from unsecured wireless hotspots, the commissioner said that there was no indication that any of the data "had fallen into the wrong hands." Read The Full Story

Google Street View Inquiry in the US is Over

, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

Regulators in the USA have ended their inquiry of the data grab by Google's Street View cars. Today the FCT Federal Trade Commission stated in a letter to Google that it was officially ending its inquiry with no penalties whatsoever. The FTC made sure to note that Google's appointing of a director of privacy for engineering and product management plus training of empoyees on privacy and building a formal privacy review were good, and that they'd have cookies and milk at a tea party thrown just for them.* Read The Full Story

Google Cars Ordered Marked and With Fully Announced Itinerary in Italy

, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Privacy Regulator in Italy has informed Google Inc that it'll have to make sure it's "Street View" photography cars are clearly marked and that their itinerary is publicized before driving. Three days in advance, Google cars traveling anywhere in Italy must submit it's driving paths to local newspapers and announce the paths on radio. Included in their plans they must say which locality and in which area of a large city the cars will be driving. This reported by Italian newspaper La Stampa. Read The Full Story

Google Street View Car Cameras Grab Emails and Passwords

, Oct 22nd 2010 Discuss [11]

Those cars that drive around your city with the multi-view cameras on the top aren't there to abduct you, they're there to be your friend and provide you with the service of being able to see any street you like through GoogleMaps in real-life color and up-to-date imagery. That's it, right? It was supposed to be all good, but Google seems to be continuously running into trouble with this service, from capturing streakers and thieves to now perhaps accidentally collecting full emails and passwords. Read The Full Story

Google Street View Captures Dead Body on Brazilian Street

, Oct 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Yesterday marked the launch of Google Street View in Brazil, and it doesn't look like everything went as well as the company probably would have liked. Not only did the Google Street View vehicle capture a couple of dead bodies on the side of one road, but it's actually the second image to show such a scene in Brazil. While this isn't the first time a dead body has shown up in a Google Street View sweep, that previous time had a happy ending, where the body turned out to be a girl that was simply playing a prank. That doesn't seem to be the case this time around. Read The Full Story

Google Street View hits Antarctica

, Oct 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

It's odd to me that Google Street View has limited Street View offerings for my town of 100,000 people yet it now has Street View for Antarctica. The least populated continent on earth with more penguins than people now has Street View. Read The Full Story
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