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Google staff knew of Street View data breach, says FCC
Source: The Guardian
The Google engineer behind the collection of wireless data by Street View cars told at least two colleagues –including a senior manager –about the controversial plans before it was released, a US regulator has found.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that the Google engineer told colleagues in 2007 that his Street View programme could collect private information including emails and text messages.
In a report published by Google on Sunday, the FCC said that five engineers were involved in implementing the Street View code but did not realise it could collect so-called payload data.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/30/google-street-view-breach-fcc
