All the stories tagged with street view
France fines Google for collecting personal data over Street View
03/21/2011, If there’s one thing Google can’t seem to stay out of, it’s trouble with authorities. If they’re not being hounded by China to censor their search results, they’re getting fined by the CNIL from France. CNIL is an independent French [...]
Google’s UK Street View Wi-Fi data deleted for good
12/20/2010, The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has just confirmed that Google UK has deleted all Wi-Fi data collected from the Internet giant’s Street View cars, where among the data included bits and pieces of e-mails, URLs and passwords. The deletion [...]
Pro-Google Vigilantes Egg Homes Of Folks Who Opt-out Of Street View
11/23/2010, Google Street View is a controversial service to many folks, especially since there was a rather painful incident of data gathering recently. Then again, there are some folks who really like the service and have actually gone to great lengths [...]
Google Required To Publish Italian Street View Car Routes Three Days In Advance
10/25/2010, Google’s Street View service that allows you to view maps at street level is incredibly useful and not to mention controversial. If you’ve previously read about the pranksters (pictured above) who like to tail the Google Street View cars, it’s [...]
Google Street View Visits The Antarctica Now
10/01/2010, Google’s Street View is an extremely useful feature that allows you to explore various locations on street level, and now the search engine giant has confirmed that we’ll be able to enjoy Street View imagery on all seven continents, with [...]
Software erases pedestrians from Google Street View
08/11/2010, Google Street View is now under scrutiny in Germany, as it doesn’t really go down well with privacy advocates. After all, does the average person on the street have a reasonable limit of expectation to not end up on the [...]
South Korean Police Raids Google Over Street View
08/10/2010, Looks like the issue over Google’s unintentional Wi-Fi snooping isn’t over yet, as the company’s Seoul HQ in South Korea was subjected to a raid by the cyber crime unit of the Korean National Police Agency, due to suspicions that [...]
Google Street View Team Accidentally Catches Wi-Fi Data
05/15/2010, While many people love the free services that Google offers to the public, there are many folks out there who are concerned about the amount of personal data that Google manages to accumulate. A recent incident has surfaced; possibly highlighting [...]
Google Street View snowmobile
02/09/2010, Google will be bringing you the Street View feature all the way from Whistler Mountain, which comprises of “a range of rugged mountains, trails of snow, fir trees and placid lakes below.” Doesn’t it just boggle the mind as to [...]
