Google Acknowledges Grabbing Personal Data
It appears that Google, Inc has had a lapse in judgment for the last 4 years and has been scooping up snippets of personal data from open WiFi networks. Google has acknowledged that they have indeed done the captures. Google has issued a public apology and state that none of the information has made it to their search engines or other services. According to the article:
"Google characterized its collection of snippets from e-mails and Web surfing done on public Wi-Fi networks as a mistake, and said it has taken steps to avoid a recurrence. About 600 gigabytes of data was taken off of the Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries, including the U.S. Google plans to delete it all as soon as it gains clearance from government authorities."
finance.yahoo.com/news/Google-grabs-personal-info-apf-2162289993.html
It looks like Google, Inc has some explaining to do.
Deb Hale Long Lines, LLC
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