Google In "Material Breach" Of The Laws On Data From The United Kingdom

There was a "serious violation" of the Data Protection Act on personal data Google collected through its Street View cars, the Information Commissioner has ruled the United Kingdom.

However, Google will not be liable to a fine or other penalty, Christopher Graham, said.

Instead, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and controlled by the privacy practices of Google. Move represents a U-turn for the ICO was initially considered that the security breach had occurred.

Last week, the ICO has promised to reconsider the evidence, after the giant Canadian data research organization has been in violation of its laws.

His decision was welcomed by MP Robert Halfon, who was critical of the OIC and Google, which recently accused of deliberately collect information for commercial purposes. But he said the case had come too late.

"The OIC has failed to act when they should have done, despite the fact that Google has received a serious violation of privacy and civil liberties, the collection of millions of email addresses and passwords wi-fi.

"In addition, ICO has already been shown not to have the technical expertise of Google control activities. What we can rely on their control now?" People feel powerless. "

The ICO said it "strongly rejected" the suggestion of Mr. Halfon that he "had no experience in verification" of Google.

"We have a team of experienced and qualified auditors regularly verify that organizations comply with the requirements of data protection."

Graham said that Google should remove the data - collected from wi-fi security -. When you are legally entitled to do "Google has apologized for data collection, which he said was made in error.