FCC Probes Google's Street View 11.11.10

Washington Post:
10.11.10

FCC probes Google over Street View program's collection of personal data


The probe comes amid U.S. and international government regulators' growing concerns that Web companies such as Google and Facebook are operating fast and loose by collecting information on Internet users without clear rules to protect consumers.

It looked like Google had received a reprieve in the United States when the Federal Trade Commission said last month that it closed a separate investigation into the company's WiFi data breach. The FTC said Google's promises to delete information it collected and moves to beef up privacy training for employees were enough to stop its probe.