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Google in breach of privacy law "The Canadian investigation found that the engineer developed the code to sample all categories of publicly broadcast wi-fi. The code was incorporated in the Google Street View cars when the firm decided to collect information about the location of public wi-fi spots in order to feed this information into its location-based services database. When the decision to use the code was taken the engineer said it created "superficial privacy implications", but these were never assessed by other Google officials. The Commissioner recommended that Google enhance its privacy training among all employees. It also called on Google to ensure that it has the necessary procedures to protect privacy before products are launched. It must also delete all the Canadian data it collected ... ... If Google complies with these demands, it will face no further action, Ms Stoddart said." bbc.co.uk Jim

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