[ThreatPost]Google to Pay $7M Settlement Over Street View Data Collection

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Google to Pay $7M Settlement Over Street View Data Collection

Google has agreed to pay a $7 million settlement to several dozen U.S. states as part of an agreement of charges that the company was collecting private user data from WiFi hotspots while its Street View cars were driving around taking photos in various locations. 

The controversy over Google's data-gathering practices with its Street View cars has been going on for more than a year, since it was revealed that the cars were collecting information from private users' WiFi routers.

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