Google’s Street View ‘snoops’ on Congress members

Maggie Sheils
BBC News
July 9, 2010

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Google’s popular Street View project may have collected personal information of members of Congress, including some involved in national security issues.

The claim was made by leading advocacy group, Consumer Watchdog which wants Congress to hold hearings into what data Google’s Street View possesses.

Google admitted it mistakenly collected information, transmitted over unsecured wireless networks, as its cars filmed locations for mapping purposes.

Google said the problem began in 2006.

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This article was posted: Friday, July 9, 2010 at 1:44 pm

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