Washington DC Adult Entertainment: Google data compilation concerns AG
Written on June 9, 2010 – 1:25 am | by larrylibido
… I think Google has hired an auditor at this point, but Google is yet to explain what data and how much data it has taken,” Koster said. “Their initial claims indicated that they didn’t think they’d taken any data, and then they amended that statement, saying they had taken only ‘snippets.’ But there are people in the technology industry that believe private data and perhaps passwords and lists of sites that citizens accessed may have been sucked into these cars.”
Google Street View employs a fleet of vehicles equipped with rooftop cameras. The photos are pieced together to give a panoramic, street-level view from a height of about 8 feet. The cars have produced maps of most U.S. cities, including Columbia.
The images had earlier raised the hackles of privacy advocates when photos surfaced of sunbathers, men at adult businesses and people in other candid moments. Google responded by blurring faces.