Google loses another appeal in Street View privacy case

Google’s collection of private Wi-Fi communications might violate federal law!

A U.S. appeals court has once again rejected Google’s argument that it did not break federal wiretap laws when collecting user data from unencrypted wireless networks for its Street View program.
In a ruling this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that payload data transmitted over a Wi-Fi network is not “radio communications” as defined under the federal Wiretap Act and as claimed by Google. That means the company cannot claim an exemption for its Wi-Fi data collection under the Wiretap Act.
Read more: http://www.techhive.com/article/2084128/google-loses-another-appeal-in-street-view-privacy-case.html
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