Thursday 20 May 2010

Spain joins UK, Italy and Germany in Google investigation

SPAIN
The Spanish Data Protection Agency has opened an investigation that alleges that Google has transgressed the law and rights when it collected information on Wi-Fi networks, without the owners' consent, when it was also collecting images for its StreetView facility. The Google van came through the Campo de Gibraltar last year. The UK, Italy and Germany have also opened similar investigations. The company admits it has gathered information on SSIDs, which identifies the owners names and MACs, the numbers that identify the routers.

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