>>>I'm amazed the German privacy group who initially raised the issue 
are letting it go so easy...

Larry, here's the response from the folks at Google:

"If you only knew the data we collected on those trouble makers while 
driving around their neighborhoods you wouldn't be amazed"


=-O


On 5/21/2010 9:50 AM, Larry Medina wrote:
> There were stories in the press a year or so ago about pictures of people
> turning up in places they shouldn't be or doing things they shouldn't be
> doing because they were "serendipitously" captured by Google Maps Street
> Cams... well, it turns out they were capturing more than images and GPS
> points... MUCH MORE!!!
>
>
> So it starts with a letter to the FTC AFTER a German data protection
> official went public with knowledge it was happening
> http://bit.ly/aQji8s
>
> Then the CEO gets questioned by a Senator and openly admits they knew it
> happened, but they've stopped doing it and are 'discarding the data collected'
> http://bit.ly/9BVDyb
>
> And while they made a minor admission of a boo-boo on April 27th in a blog
> post, NOW they've done a turn-about and given a more serious statement about
> the practices
> http://bit.ly/aStjgF
>
> I think it's rich how they're explaining to people in their post how to
> secure their networks.  What do you think would have happened if someone
> from a Foreign Government had been found guilty of capturing data of this
> type?  I'm amazed the German privacy group who initially raised the issue
> are letting it go so easy...
>
> Larry
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