Collecting personal information, Google was fined $ 7 million

Some people thought Google's self-operated cars street photography. But, in fact, we also collected a lot more private.

According to Carscoop, the results of the investigation lasted three years, from 2008 to 2010 showed that the self-operated cars Google also collect passwords, emails, medical records and financial information other personal information from home wireless Internet network. Basically, Google's self-operated cars get all the information on the Internet unencrypted wireless.

Google confirmed the above is just a mistake. Google blames software glitch that self-operated vehicles inadvertently collected personal information of users.

The New York Times said, to appease public opinion, which Google agreed to pay a fine of U.S. $ 7 million for the 38 U.S. states. In addition, Google also must guide the user security staff and funded a large-scale projects throughout the United States on how to keep the information on the Internet without wires. Finally, Google must destroy all information collected so far.

For a large company like Google or fines of U.S. $ 7 million apparently nothing significant. However, Google caught up in the wave of protests and criticism from privacy advocates personal information.

The incident has become a pioneer and help advocates personal information security product in the fight with Google's next controversial nature. Typically the Google Glass with photography features and video and posted on the social network.