Google Admits Privacy Breach

Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Google made some pretty stunning admissions yesterday, reports the New York Times. During the settlement of a case brought by 38 states, the search giant admitted it violated the privacy of an untold number of people by “casually scooping up passwords, e-mail and other personal information from unsuspecting computer users” during its Street View project. The settlement will require Google to pay a (paltry) $7 million fine and also to “aggressively police its own employees on privacy issues and to explicitly tell the public how to fend off privacy violations like this one.”

SOURCE: New York Times