Google will pay a $25,000 fine for allegedly (CD April 17...
Google will pay a $25,000 fine for allegedly (CD April 17 p7) obstructing an investigation of Google Street View as related to federal wiretap law, the company said in a letter to the FCC Thursday. But the company also disputed…
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whether it had done anything wrong. “Google had every interest in cooperating and did so fully at all times on a timetable discussed and agreed to by the Commission,” said the 17-page letter signed by Google counsel Ashton Johnston. “Google shares the FCC’s concern about the protracted nature of the investigation, but notes that most of the delays resulted from internal FCC process.” During a 17-month investigation, the commission “did not contact Google for weeks and months at a time,” the letter read. “The Commission stands behind the work of the career staff who investigated Google’s secret collection of personal passwords, emails, and other private data through its Street View project,” spokeswoman Tammy Sun said in response. “In promising to pay the Bureau’s penalty, the company has rightly admitted wrongdoing. Going forward, important concerns about the privacy of unencrypted wi-fi communications remain."