Google Street-View Car Searched by Privacy Regulators In Europe
A car used by Google Inc. to collect data for its Street View mapping service was stopped and searched yesterday near Paris, less than a week after Frances privacy regulator criticized the programs resumption. The inspection was a result of Googles decision to begin photographing French streets before officials decided whether the company complied with orders to limit Street Views data collection, said Yann Padova, secretary general of the National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties.
Google, owner of the worlds largest search engine, said the search had been arranged beforehand. The company is being probed by data-protection regulators in Germany, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic over concerns the Street View program violates privacy rights. Earlier this month, South Korean police raided Googles Seoul office as part of a Street View investigation. Googles privacy practices are also being scrutinized by Canada and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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