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Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the British information commissioner said Friday. (c) 2010 AFP

The camera of a street-view car, used to photograph whole streets for Google maps. US state attorneys pressed Google to name workers who wrote the “snooping” code that captured personal data from wireless networks while Street View cars mapped streets. US state attorneys pressed Google to name workers who wrote the “snooping” code that captured [...]

The camera of a Google Street View car. Austria has placed a temporary ban on Google Street View cars while it probes concerns that the Internet company used the vehicles to collect private data, a statement said Friday. Austria has placed a temporary ban on Google Street View cars while it probes concerns that the [...]