More Spying: Feds Nail Google With Puny $7 Million Fine For Collecting Passwords And Personal Data From Home WIFi Networks

Google hit by $7m Street View fine for harvesting data

Google has agreed to pay a record $7 million fine after its Street View cars collected passwords and other personal data from home Wi-Fi networks.

Google said the incident was a mistake and that the collected data was not used by the web giant.

The company said the data, collected between 2008 and 2010 across the US, was taken due a piece of experimental computer code included in the Street View mapping cars’ software. MORE