Google has to pay a $25,000 fine because a lack of cooperation in an investigation into the company's storage of personal data over wireless networks. There has been a lot of scrutiny facing Google and how it stores its' data. Many lawmakers have a negative view of Google and this lack of cooperation strengthens that this dislike. Since May 2007, Google collected content form wireless networks and other things such as passwords and history. According to executive director of Electronic Privacy, Marc Rotenberg notes that, "Google unlawfully intercepted and stored millions of wireless communications from Wi-Fi routers. "Google violated FCC orders by delaying its search for emails and not verifying the accuracy of its submissions. There have been also other data protection issues in countries like Canada France, and the Nethederlands. We all use Google but when it starts tracing everything we do and following our every online footstep it can be a very dangerous service.
The full article can be found at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-15/fcc-seeks-25-000-fine-from-google-in-wireless-data-privacy-case.html
This is very interesting topic and a huge problem in today's society as a whole. Companies find it cheaper to pay the fine rather than just comply with the law. I think this is a very important topic to look at and I like the way you analyzed the article. It is scary that Google is logging our data, but I mean hey, big brother is always watching. Good job
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