Wi-Spy

Global Wi-Spy Privacy Investigations: And then there's the Wi-Spy scandal, where Google snooped on millions of individuals' private emails and other personal information all over the world with Google Street View cars accessing information through private wi-fi routers.

Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011

Congressman John Barrow, who has been active on the Google issue, just yesterday put out a release and detailed letter about Google's recent "deceptive and intrusive practices," using the examples of Buzz, Wi-Spy, and Doodle for Google,that requests that the House Energy and Commerce Committee launch an investigative hearings into Google's consumer privacy standards.

Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011

Consumer Watchdog, a group that has been among the most strident critics of Google's so-called "Wi-Spy" incident, called FTC's resolution "premature and wrong."

FTC Scolds Google For Taking Personal Emails--But Doesn't Punish The Giant AP 2010

Global Wi-Spy Privacy Investigations: And then there's the Wi-Spy scandal, where Google snooped on millions of individuals' private emails and other personal information all over the world with Google Street View cars accessing information through private wi-fi routers.

Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011

Consumer Watchdog, a group that has been among the most strident critics of Google's so-called "Wi-Spy" incident, called FTC's resolution "premature and wrong."

FTC Scolds Google For Taking Personal Emails--But Doesn't Punish The Giant AP 2010

The incident, which some critics have derisively labeled as "Wi-Spy," was caused by "an engineer's careless error as well as a lack of controls to ensure that necessary procedures to protect privacy were followed," Canada Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart concluded in a report this week.

Google Tightening Privacy Leash On Employees AP 2010

I'm not sure I trust Google not to be evil after Wi-Spy recording of sensitive data during the preparation of street views, or the inexplicable actions of Doodle 4 Google, recording of enough information about kids to perform identity theft, or German concerns about Google Analytics' potential abuse of privacy of users of websites that report IP addresses of users back to Google.

Eric K. Clemons: Assessing the FTC Investigation of Google: No Presumption of Guilt, But Certainly Worthy of Investigation (Part 2) Eric K. Clemons 2011

It's less reassuring that he did not find other activities, like Wi-Spy (recording wi-fi traffic while driving around video-recording for Google Street) or Doodle-4-Google (laying the groundwork for future identity theft) to also be over the line.

Eric K. Clemons: A Guide To The Action At Eric Schmidt's Testimony, Part 2 Eric K. Clemons 2011

The incident, which some critics have derisively labeled as "Wi-Spy," was caused by "an engineer's careless error as well as a lack of controls to ensure that necessary procedures to protect privacy were followed," Canada Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart concluded in a report this week.

Google Tightening Privacy Leash On Employees AP 2010

Global Wi-Spy Privacy Investigations: And then there's the Wi-Spy scandal, where Google snooped on millions of individuals' private emails and other personal information all over the world with Google Street View cars accessing information through private wi-fi routers.

Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011