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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:07 am Post subject: Germany Launches Criminal Investigation of Google |
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German prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation over whether Google broke data protection regulations when it collected fragments of Wi-Fi data while shooting imagery for its mapping application.
The probe, conducted by the Hamburg Prosecutor's Office, follows Google's admission that it mistakenly collected the content of communications from non-password protected Wi-Fi networks using its Street View vehicles, which photograph streets for the Google Maps service.
The Hamburg prosecutor's office is at an early stage in the case, spokesman Wilhelm Möllers said Thursday.
Möllers said his office will investigate how Google was collecting the data, but that it may be at least two weeks before a decision is made whether to file charges.
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