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Google Street View Moves Into Israel, With Conditions

By Joe Mullin Aug. 24, 2011, 12:21am Comments Off

Google’s Street View cars will finally begin cruising the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, but it’s the most heavily-regulated launch yet… Read More »

In Belgium, Google Ponders A $215,000 Fine Over Street View

By Joe Mullin Aug. 19, 2011, 11:36pm Comments Off

Federal regulators in the U.S. are over it, but Google’s Street View privacy gaffe continues to produce headaches in the Europe. The long jo… Read More »

Lawsuit Over Google WiFi Data Breach Will Move Ahead

By Joe Mullin Jul. 1, 2011, 1:50am 1 Comment

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) apologized long ago for the accidental collection of personal WiFi data by its Street View cars, but the snafu continues… Read More »

Google Street View Cameras Halted In India

By Jemima Kiss, MediaGuardian Jun. 21, 2011, 11:47pm 4 Comments

Google’s now infamous Street View camera cars only set to work on the streets of Bangalore last month, but already Indian authorities have o… Read More »

Google Loses Swiss Street View Case, May Have To Manually Blur Faces

By Joe Mullin Apr. 5, 2011, 6:00am Comments Off

A variety of European regulators have expressed privacy concerns about Google’s Street View product, but a decision made public today looks… Read More »

France Slaps Google With First Fine Over Street View

By Joe Mullin Mar. 21, 2011, 10:25pm Comments Off

The fine that French privacy authorities levied today against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) won’t amount to more than lunch money for the search giant… Read More »

Google Runs Into New Privacy Objections In Europe Over Street View

By Joe Mullin Feb. 25, 2011, 12:27am 1 Comment

Europeans have a much broader view of privacy law than Americans, and Google’s Street View, generally accepted in the U.S., continues to run… Read More »

Google Reaches Deal With State AGs Over WiFi Data Breach

By Joe Mullin Jan. 29, 2011, 6:13am Comments Off

Last month, it looked like Google (NSDQ: GOOG) was at an impasse with Connecticut state authorities over what kind of data it would hand ove… Read More »

Google Rebuffs Connecticut AG’s Demand For Street View Data

By Joe Mullin Dec. 18, 2010, 4:32am Comments Off

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has been a vocal critic of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on privacy issues. Now that he’s about repres… Read More »

Google ‘Mistakenly’ Collected Private Web Data As Part Of Street View

By Joseph Tartakoff May. 15, 2010, 1:57am Comments Off

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) says that contrary to its prior statements it has in fact been collecting private information sent over Wi-Fi networks,… Read More »