South Korea found Google violated privacy laws

THIS DAY AT LAW Today in legal history... Friday, January 06, 2012 South Korea found Google violated privacy laws On January 6, 2011, South Korea National Police Agency announced that it found evidence that tech conglomerate Google illegally collected data from unencrypted networks. The illegally captured data included hundreds of thousands of emails, instant messages, passwords and search histories that was gathered during Google's production of its Street View mapping service. Google announced that it had inadvertently collected similar user information in over 30 other countries between October 2009 and May 2010. Following the announcement, South Korean police raided Google's Seoul offices where they discovered the stolen information stored on hard disks. Flag of South Korea Learn more about Google and the laws governing privacy from the JURIST news archive. Also on This Day at Law: Wisconsin governor vetoed legislation regulating abortions Honduran prosecutors charged military officials for Zelaya ouster Link post | IM post | go to JURIST | ? JURIST, 2012

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