Google Sued Over Google Street View Data Sniffing

Last week, Google has admitted that Google Street View cars have been sniffing data from WIFI networks (official announcement). The goal was probably to get a map of MAC addresses (device IDs) in relation to their geo-location. However, it looks like fragments of data (files..) have been scrapped in the process.

A case has been opened (in Oregon) in which the plaintiffs claim that Google has stored private information on their servers. “On information and belief, hundreds if not thousands of Google employees throughout the United States and the world have access to data maintained on Google’s servers”, they add. Of course, the plaintiffs have asked for punitive damages. Note, and this is important, that the plaintiffs WIFI network was open.

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