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LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc could face inquiries from German and U.S. officials following the company's disclosure it had "mistakenly" collected sensitive data sent by consumers over wireless networks, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
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Google said on Friday its fleets of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world had for several years accidentally collected personal information -- which a security expert said could include email messages and passwords.
Peter Schaar, German commissioner for data protection, said the Internet giant's explanation was "highly unusual" and called for a "detailed probe" into the practice, the FT reported.
"One of the largest companies in the world, the market leader on the Internet, simply disobeyed normal rules," the FT cited Schaar as saying.
Citing people who spoke to agency officials the paper said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission was also looking to launch an inquiry.
Google said on Friday it was approaching regulators in the relevant countries, which include the United States, Germany, France, Brazil and Hong Kong in China, about how to dispose of the data, which Google said it never used.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Gary Hill)
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May 17, 2010 10:37pm EDT
Does anyone really believe this data collection was accidental? Remember when people stole satellite tv and were prosecuted and then tried to use the defense of “if you don’t want me to intercept it, don’t transmit it over the airwaves.” That defense failed, just like whatever defense they come up with for collecting this data will fail.
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May 17, 2010 11:55pm EDT
We all know that information is power, and private embarrassing/incriminating information is the most powerful. As a confessed Google addict, even I am concerned about the power that Google is gathering through its very useful ‘free’ services. Assuming you use most of Google’s popular services, this is what the company knows about you:
1. your email correspondence (Gmail)
2. your contacts (Gmail)
3. your rantings (Blogger)
4. your favoured rantings from other users (Blogger)
5. your personal details (Google Profiles)
6. what you search for on the internet (Google search)
7. what internet content you read (Google search)
8. where you live (Profiles, Maps)
9. what your neighborhood looks like (Maps Streetview)
10. you daily itinerary (Gmail Calendar)
11. what books you read (Google reader)
12. what videos you watch (Youtube)
13. your investment portfolio and stock holdings (Google Finance)
14. your documents (Google documents)
15. geographically,exactly where you are RIGHT NOW (Google phone with GPS chip on)
16. possibly your phone conversations (Google phone)
17. photos of things close to you or interest you (Google photos).
18. computer recognition and global position of objects in those photos (Google is working on image matching/identification technology for their Google phone)
19. Your home wifi’s SSID, MAC addresses, and now sample data transmissions.
If the company decides one day to put aside its “Don’t be evil” motto, or even just interprets it differently – Googlephiles may be in for a big surprise. And to think Google left China for privacy issues.
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