Google’s highly contentious “street view” is under scrutiny again, this time in Australia as police have been ordered to investigate Google for possible breach of privacy.The accusation is that Google has gathered personal data from some unencrypted wi-fi services. An accusation that Google has admitted and apologised for, but as a result of public complaints Attorney General Robert McClelland has asked the police to probe the internet giant.
Australian law prohibits people from accessing electronic communications for unauthorised purposes. As such the recommendation from the Attorney General is that the police should investigate possible criminal breaches of the telecommunications privacy laws.
Google have been quite outspoken in recent times about Australia’s plans from internet filtering. They claim that plans to block illegal internet material will slow user speeds and inadvertently block legitimate content.
Google has said that it will co-operate with a police investigation.
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