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Google Art Project unlocks world galleries

Google Art Project unlocks world galleries

...of art. In addition, the web giant has brought its 360-degree Street View technology to museum galleries, allowing people to walk the hallways of... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Google releases full FCC report on Street View scanning

...s report on the company's controversial gathering of personal data with Street View cars.The move, reported by the Los Angeles Times on Saturday... Read more

30 April, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Google Street View takes cameras indoors

...Google Street View will now go inside buildings, as part of a pilot project... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Joe Svetlik

French watchdog confirms Google Street View data leak

...Google's Street View cars collected the locations of wireless-connected devices, only for that... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Google Street View is legal, says German court

...German court has ruled that street-level photography, as used by Google street View, is legal. Photo credit: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET News According to Deutsche... Read more

22 March, 2011 by Caroline McCarthy

Canada rules Google Street View intercepts broke law

...Tuesday that the collection of fragments of Wi-Fi transmissions by Google Street View cars violated the law, but also said that the recording was... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

Google Street View trike takes to Amazon to map rainforest

...anywhere it hasn't been? The Amazon will be captured for Google Street View with the help of trikes equipped with 360-degree cameras, like... Read more

21 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Google gets qualified praise for privacy changes

...Google a pat on the back for tightening up privacy since its Street View cars broke data protection laws, but has said the company still... Read more

16 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Microsoft drives Streetside mapping into the UK

...Streetside, its Bing Maps photo feature that will go up against Google Street View in the UK. The Streetside feature will display street-level images... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

Google fined ?100k by French data protection authority

...authority over personal Wi-Fi data collected through the search company's Street View car project. Google has been been fined by the French data... Read more

21 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Google gets OK to delete Street View Wi-Fi data

...data it collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View operation. Over the past year, the search and advertising giant has... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google found in 'significant breach' of data laws

...Google broke the law when its Street View cars harvested emails and passwords from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, the... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICO will not take 'knee-jerk' reaction against Google

...The Information Commissioner's Office has defended its approach to Google's Street View scan of unsecured Wi-Fi networks, after being criticised by MPs... Read more

2 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICO revives probe into Google's data harvesting

...has said it will re-examine the data gathered by Google's Street View cars after the search and advertising giant admitted that it had... Read more

25 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Spanish judge summons Google to court over Wi-Fi data

...was the German data protection czar who first complained that Google's Street View cars had been collecting details of people's media access control... Read more

18 August, 2010 by David Meyer

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