The US Supreme Court has rejected Google’s appeal to dismiss legal action accusing it of breaking privacy laws.In 2010 Google admitted accidentally collecting personal data from unencrypted wi-fi networks while building its Street View program.Its cars collected emails, usernames and passwords between 2008 and 2010.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28096555Also see:Supreme Court Rejects Google’s Street View Appeal
The United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed a case accusing Google of wiretapping to proceed, undermining the search company’s efforts to put a troublesome episode to rest even as it plans to become more deeply embedded in consumers’ lives.Google’s annual developers’ conference last week showcased the company’s wide-ranging agenda to expand its technology from desktop computers and mobile devices to the home, the body and vehicles. Google’s new devices will communicate and share data, requiring a great deal of trust by users that all this information will not be used in unauthorized or unexpected ways.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/supreme-court-rejects-googles-street-view-appeal/Supreme Court declines to hear Google’s request in Street View lawsuit [IDG]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to throw out a class-action lawsuit against Google for sniffing Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars.The Supreme Court on Monday denied Google’s request to hear the Street View case after a U.S. appeals court in September refused to throw out the class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Google violated U.S. wiretapping laws when its Street View cars accessed unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as they drove through neighborhoods.
www.computerworld.com.au/article/548873/supreme_court_declines_hear_google_request_street_view_lawsuit/
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249463/Supreme_Court_declines_to_hear_Google_39_s_request_in_Street_View_lawsuit