[ga] Bridging the Gap: Why privacy and security are so important VII - Google's Streetview Privacy Snafu Prompts Lawsuit

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  To further and in an ongoing way the following hopefully will
demonstrate clearly why Privacy and Security are so important.
See:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/05/21/018209/Googles-Streetview-Privacy-Snafu-Prompts-Law

"Google's secret data collection has 
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/24431/20100520/google-s-data-collection-prompts-lawsuit.htm
prompted a class-action lawsuit that could force the company to pay up to 
$10,000 for each time it recorded data from unprotected hotspots, court 
documents show. The incident, which the company claims to have been 
unintentional,
has prompted the ire of governments and privacy groups around the world.
Google collected information that could be used to identify users,
including 'the user's unique or chosen Wi-Fi network name, the unique
number given to the user's hardware ... [and] data consisting of all or
part of any documents, e-mails, video, audio, and VoIP information being
sent over the network by the user,' the suit stated."

Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders and growing, 
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