Google has finally deleted all of the private data it illegally collected while scanning UK Wi-Fi connections.
Google was first caught out collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi connections in May, but the Information Commissioner's Office only took action last month, requiring the company to delete the collected data and submit to an audit.
Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/363865/google-finally-deletes-all-wi-fi-data
Or did they?
Exactly. They've had plenty of time to squirrel copies. I don't see how any regulator can be sure that the data is gone.
Quote from: Rik on Dec 21, 2010, 09:23:10
Exactly. They've had plenty of time to squirrel copies. I don't see how any regulator can be sure that the data is gone.
And over many locations too.
Exactly.
Its a bit like Hydra, you cut off one head and it'll grow another.
To think we used to say that of Microsoft. :)
I prefer MS to Google anyday.
It's certainly turned out that way, Mitch.