• RSS
  • Twitter
  • FaceBook

Security Forums

Log in

FAQ | Search | Usergroups | Profile | Register | RSS | Posting Guidelines | Recent Posts

Google ‘caught’ capturing data

Users browsing this topic:0 Security Fans, 0 Stealth Security Fans
Registered Security Fans: None
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer-friendly version    Networking/Security Forums Index -> Connectivity // Telecommunications // Internet News

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
jasonlee
Just Arrived
Just Arrived


Joined: 09 Jul 2010
Posts: 0


Offline

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:53 pm    Post subject: Google ‘caught’ capturing data Reply with quote

Pressure continues to mount on Google over wi-fi data capture from a number of fronts.

The US Federal Trade Commission confirmed that it has launched a probe into Google’s actions, in response to a request from the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog. The office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has also launched an investigation into the collection of the wi-fi data.

Most importantly, German authorities have been pestering Google to hand over a hard disk of wi-fi data that ‘Google Street View’ cars gathered ‘by mistake’.

Pressure to make the data available has been increased by the German regional Information Commissioner that started the inquiry. In a statement, Dr Johannes Caspar said he expected Google to “continue on the path of co-operation and transparency”. However, Google primarily refused to hand over the hard disk of data, amid concerns that it may be breaching German telecommunication law by doing so.

But Dr Caspar told the BBC last week: “I have asked the General Prosecutor in Hamburg whether Google would face problems in giving us the material, and he told us that this would not be a problem.”

The concern - data privacy and security, both for the State as well as the individual. True, Google services make life easier. but how do we ensure that there are ‘no strings attached’? Would you value information privacy over value added services, or vice versa?

Please state on how such matters can be regulated at the international level. Comments appreciated, with rationale.

Reference link:http://blog.ephlux.com/index.php/2010/06/google-capturing-data/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
capi
SF Senior Mod
SF Senior Mod


Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 16777097
Location: Portugal

Offline

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Being as though the link above seems to be dead at the moment, here are a couple more sources for the story:

Google is 'close' to handing over German wi-fi data
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10227854.stm

Google misses German regulator Street Car Wi-Fi data grab deadline
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/27/google_german_regulator_wifi_street_car/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   

Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer-friendly version    Networking/Security Forums Index -> Connectivity // Telecommunications // Internet News All times are GMT + 2 Hours
Page 1 of 1


 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

Community Area

Log in | Register