How a GIS expert’s simple app became Google Street View
Mel VanderWal was hired on a $10,000 software development contract. A prototype app he created was the beginning of what is now Google Street View.
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AFP drops charges on Google Street View blunder
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has dropped charges against Google related to the collection of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars, noting the data collection may have been "inadvertent" rather than a deliberate privacy breach.
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Google "mortified" by amount of personal info in Street View data
Five months after "mistakenly" collecting "fragmented" data from home networks via its Street View cars, Google has confirmed that private emails, Web addresses as well as passwords were among the data captured.
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Spain moves to fine Google over Street View
The Spanish Data Protection Agency is preparing to fine Google over infractions against local data protection laws when it collected Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View service, it said in a statement on Monday.
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Google Street View Funny ... or Disaster?
Embarrassing moments, unexplained car crashes, and crazy stunts. You never know what the Google Street View team is going to capture on camera next. If only an 'Undoo Button' was in play for those captured here