The UK s Information Commissioner ruled there was a significant breach of the country s Data Protection Act. Google will not face monetary penalties or punishment, but will have to allow its data protection practices to be audited. The decision is just the latest by regulators who were prompted to look into the company’s practice of collecting reams of data from insecure wireless networks, including e-mail addresses, URLs, URLs. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in October that it was satisfied with the steps Google was taking to address the privacy concerns raised by its snarfing of wireless payload data.
Source: https://threatpost.com/uk-google-street-view-data-snarfing-broke-law-110310/74635/