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Google to be investigated over data cover-up claims - 12 juin 2012
Information commissioner says it is likely highly private details were deliberately captured from internet users
Google is facing mounting pressure after the information commissioner launched an investigation into claims that it orchestrated a cover-up of its capture of emails, passwords and medical records of (...)
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Apple ’spy planes’ to film homes from the air - 11 juin 2012
Apple has recruited a private fleet of aeroplanes equipped with military standard cameras to produce 3D maps so accurate they could film people in their homes through skylights, according to reports.
The US software giant is expected to announce this week a new "Maps" programme for iPhones and iPads allowing (...)
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Swiss Court Orders Modifications to Google Street View - 10 juin 2012
Switzerland’s highest court on Friday upheld Google’s basic right to document residential street fronts with its Street View technology, but imposed some limitations on the kinds of images the company can take.
The ruling leaves the service legally intact in Switzerland, which has some of the strictest privacy (...)
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Street View : pas flous, les Suisses ! - 10 juin 2012
Google a été dispensé par la justice suisse de flouter sans exception tous les visages et plaques d’immatriculation sur son service Street View, après une longue bataille judiciaire.
Le Tribunal fédéral (TF) a donné gain de cause à Google, qui avait saisi en mai 2011 la plus haute instance judiciaire suisse pour contester (...)
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Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation - 23 mai 2012
Secrets spilled across the computer screen.
After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens. Snippets of e-mails, photographs, passwords, chat messages, (...)
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Google’s problem is that it now believes itself above others even governments - 1er mai 2012
The FCC revelations showing that Google’s engineer knew that Street View would collect data, followed by the company’s obstructive behaviour to the investigation, show that it has grown too big for its management
It’s never the offence ; it’s the cover-up. And if there’s one thing that the last few years have taught (...)
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Marius Milner, Google Wi-Fi snooping : Assessing the disturbing FCC report on the company’s Street View program. - 1er mai 2012
Inside the disturbing FCC report on the company’s Street View snooping.
Was Google’s snooping on home Wi-Fi users the work of a rogue software engineer ? Was it a deliberate corporate strategy ? Was it simply an honest-to-goodness mistake ? And which of these scenarios should we wish for—which would assuage your (...)
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Google may face UK inquiry over Street View data collection - 1er mai 2012
Documents released in US show that Google intended to collect internet data as it compiled photos for its Street View service
Google could face a police investigation in the UK and Europe after documents released in the US show that it intended to collect internet data as it compiled photos for its Street View (...)
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Street View : un rapport sévère des enquêteurs américains - 30 avril 2012
Google a rendu public, samedi 28 avril, le rapport de la Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concernant la collecte d’informations par les voitures alimentant son service de cartographie Google Street View. L’enquête du régulateur américain laisse entendre que la thèse de l’erreur commise par un ingénieur isolé, mise (...)
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Google engineer told officials Street View cars were collecting personal data, FCC report says - 30 avril 2012
A Google engineer knowingly created software that would collect sensitive personal information about people without their knowledge, according to an un-redacted version of a federal investigative report.
In a full version of a Federal Communications Commission report, an engineer shared e-mails with other Google (...)
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Google staff knew of Street View data breach, says FCC - 30 avril 2012
Report from US regulator says Google engineer told colleagues in 2007 that Street View could collect private information wirelessly including emails and text messages
The Google engineer behind the collection of wireless data by Street View cars told at least two colleagues "“ including a senior manager "“ about (...)
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Google staff ’knew of wi-fi snooping’, report says - 30 avril 2012
The Google engineer who wrote a program that collected personal data from wi-fi networks told at least two other colleagues, a report has revealed.
Google released the full investigation conducted by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
It said senior staff on the Street View team were unaware of the (...)
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Wi-Fi capturé par Google : des responsables savaient - 30 avril 2012
Un rapport de la FCC montre que plusieurs cadres de Google avaient été informés de l’existence d’un logiciel embarqué sur les Google Cars, qui leur permettait de collecter les données circulant sur les réseaux WiFi des environs.
Google s’en tire très bien. Trop peut-être. Il y a deux semaines, nous rapportions que la (...)
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Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds - 29 avril 2012
Google’s harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long maintained, but a program that supervisors knew about, according to new details from (...)
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Don’t Be Evil, but Don’t Miss the Train - 23 avril 2012
Back in 2004, as Google prepared to go public, Larry Page and Sergey Brin celebrated the maxim that was supposed to define their company : "Don’t be evil."
But these days, a lot of people "” at least the mere mortals outside the Googleplex "” seem to be wondering about that uncorporate motto.
How is it that Google, (...)
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Comment Google exploite le spam pour améliorer Google Maps - 30 mars 2012
Pour éviter de voir leurs sites inondés de commentaires générés par des robots destinés au spam, de nombreux sites internet et blogs utilisent des systèmes dits de "captcha", qui obligent l’utilisateur à reconnaître des mots ou des chiffres difficilement déchiffrables par un logiciel. L’outil le plus populaire pour ce faire (...)
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Europe : une directive pour protéger les données personnelles - 17 janvier 2012
La Commission européenne prépare une série de propositions pour permettre aux internautes d’avoir un meilleur contrôle sur leurs données personnelles sur la toile. Le projet de directive est préparé par la commissaire européenne à la Justice, Viviane Reding, et devrait être présenté le 25 janvier. Il prévoit également des (...)
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Google betaalt voor schenden privacy - 15 novembre 2011
Google schond de privacy van Belgen door internetverkeer te onderscheppen via zijn "˜Street View’-auto’s. Dat kost het internetbedrijf een minnelijke schikking van 150.000 euro.
Afgelopen augustus kreeg Google een proces-verbaal van het federaal parket in de bus. Daarin stond dat het internetbedrijf de Belgische wet (...)
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Atteinte à la vie privée : Google accepte de verser 150 000 euros - 15 novembre 2011
Google a porté atteinte à la vie privée des Belges en interceptant des données personnelles sur le web (courriels et vidéos, notamment) transmises par Wi-Fi et ce via ses véhicules "Street View". Ce dossier a été réglé à l’amiable. Le groupe accepte de payer 150 000 euros, rapporte De Standaard.
Google a été verbalisé en (...)
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Google beboet voor schenden privacy - 20 août 2011
Street View-auto’s bewaarden paswoorden en e-mails
Via zijn Street View-auto’s onderschepte Google online data van Belgen. Daarmee overtrad het de wet op elektronische communicatie. Het parket stuurde een minnelijke schikking van 150.000 euro naar het bedrijf.
De Street View-auto’s doorkruisten België tussen 2008 (...)
