Google set for probes on data harvesting

Joseph Menn, Daniel Schäfer and Tim Bradshaw
Financial Times
May 18th, 2010

Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday moved towards investigating Google following the internet group’s disclosure that it had recorded communications sent over unsecured wireless networks in people’s homes.

• A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Peter Schaar, the German commissioner for data protection, called for a “detailed probe” by independent authorities into the practice by Google.

He said the group’s explanation of the collection of data as an accident was “highly unusual”.

“One of the largest companies in the world, the market leader on the internet, simply disobeyed normal rules in the development and usage of software,” he said.

In the US, the Federal Trade Commission was expected to launch an inquiry as well, according to people who spoke to agency officials.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 5:17 pm

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