I thought that we already had a thread on this, but am unable to find. If this thread is redundant, somebody please (I know I don’t have to ask for the privilege) take a 2”x4” to the side of my head, just to get my attention, and point out our original thread on this.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-714690.html
UPDATE: Google Says Whole Emails Gathered By Street View Cars
OCTOBER 22, 2010, 7:37 P.M. ET
By Scott Morrison and Andrew Morse
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Google Inc. (GOOG) acknowledged Friday the cars its uses to collect data for its online mapping service had inadvertently gathered entire emails and passwords, a disclosure that prompted the Internet giant to appoint a privacy chief and tighten its policies….
The development comes as Google faces heightened regulatory scrutiny around the world prompted by revelations in May that its cars had collected personal data from unsecured wireless networks while taking photos for its Street View mapping service. Google initially said the data was fragmentary, but external reviews discovered that some of the data was more complete than expected.
"A number of external regulators have inspected the data as part of their investigations," Alan Eustace, a senior vice president in charge of engineering and research, said in a blog post. "It's clear from those inspections that while most of the data is fragmentary, in some instances entire emails and URLs were captured, as well as passwords."
….Google said the data collection was caused by the accidental inclusion of coding from an experimental project.
On Friday, Google shares were little changed at $612.53.
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