Google Rebuffs FCC Over Fine

Google has agreed to pay a fine of $25,000 for impeding an Federal Communications Commission investigation into Googles popular “Street View” program that has been inadvertently collecting and storing personal data, or payload data.
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Google Rebuffs FCC Over Fine
The Google Street View mapping and camera car is seen as it charts the streets of Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011. (Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images)
5/18/2012
Updated:
10/1/2015
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A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report said that the Google engineer who created a program to collect personal data from people’s home wireless networks told at least two other company employees.

The FCC released a heavily redacted version of the report April 13. Google later released the report with only names and telephone numbers blacked out, Reuters reported.

Google Street View was created in 2006 and is one of the most popular features provided by the company. It allows users to see the ground view of streets in many areas with road-access around the world.