Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has decided against an interim ban on Google cars, which roam suburbs collecting data and pictures for its Street View mapping service, because the commissioner has accepted Google’s pledge not to do so.The internet giant has admitted its Street View cars inadvertently captured private information transmitted over insecure wireless networks, which Google executives labelled a “mistake”.
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Google’s camera cars off the road in Australia
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has decided against an interim ban on Google cars, which roam suburbs collecting data and pictures for its Street View mapping service, because the commissioner has accepted Google’s pledge not to do so.