Google fined $7m over Street View data harvesting

Charlee Gothard
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Company settles with 38 US states over the illegal collection of personal data

Google has paid out $7m (£4.6m) across 38 US states in a legal settlement over the "inappropriate" harvesting of personal data that occurred during its Street View project between 2008 and 2010. ...

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