To: Jim McMannis who wrote (249792 ) 5/25/2010 12:48:57 PM From: joseffy Respond to Google Street View 'single biggest breach of privacy in history' telegraph.co.uk inadvertently gathering data on people's website use over unsecured wireless networks.Germany 's consumer protection said that Google had acted "illegally" and failed to show respect for the privacy of its citizens. The UK/ Information Commissioner has asked Google to delete information gathered on British citizens as soon as possible. Australia 's minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, has told a senate committee that Google deliberately decided to collect the private information. "I think the approach taken by Mr Schmidt is a bit creepy frankly," Mr Conroy said. "When it comes to their attitude to their own censorship, their response is simply, 'trust us'. That is what they actually state on their website: 'Trust us'." considered itself above government. to drive the streets and collect as much private information by photographing over fences and collecting data information," he said. mistake were wrong and that the company deliberately wrote a computer code designed to gather the information. surprised to hear criticism about its privacy record in a hearing that was supposed to be focused on the proposed internet filters.
