{"id":9295,"date":"2010-11-22T17:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2012-06-07T00:58:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T23:58:48","slug":"google-to-delete-wi-fi-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/sicence-technology\/google-to-delete-wi-fi-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Google To Delete Wi-Fi Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-seo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-seo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"google-seo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9297\" \/><\/a>Google has said it will delete the stolen Wi-Fi data it accidentally collected with unsecured wireless networks in UK Street View cars, and will not face punishment or fines by the British Government.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy information commissioner David Smith said: &#8220;We&#8217;d have had to find that there was substantial damage or distress to individuals from the collection of snippets of e-mails, URLs and passwords. We&#8217;d have to meet that criteria for a penalty to be imposed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent less time searching than others did. If we had searched for days and days we would have found more. It is not a good use of the data protection authority to duplicate more in-depth enquiries. We have based our decision on the findings of other data authorities. It was exactly the same type of information found by them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many are upset with the findings that essentially allow Google to get off scott-free for invading the privacy of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Killock, executive director of The Open Rights Group, called the findings a &#8220;shocking state of affairs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ICO needs more powers and definitely needs more technical expertise. To my mind people&#8217;s privacy has been breached and they should be told about it. The ICO has a duty to let people know what has happened,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Right, so now I&#8217;m off to steal as much data as I can from my local open networks to see if I can get away with it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has said it will delete the stolen Wi-Fi data it accidentally collected with unsecured wireless networks in UK Street View cars, and will not face punishment or fines by the British Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[389],"class_list":{"0":"post-9295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sicence-technology","7":"tag-google"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}