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Google engineer told officials Street View cars were collecting personal data, FCC report says

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A Google engineer knowingly created software that would collect sensitive personal information about people without their knowledge, according to an un-redacted version of a federal investigative report.

 

FCC fines Google for hindering probe into street-mapping program

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The agency imposes a $25,000 penalty after the tech giant 'apparently willfully and repeatedly violated commission orders' during its data-collection investigation into Google Street View.

 

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