Google Buzz Class Action Settled for $8.5 Million

Google plans to pay out an $8.5 million settlement as part of a privacy class action lawsuit against its Gmail Buzz feature, the Internet giant said Tuesday.
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U.K. Rules Google Street View Cars Broke the Law

Google’s (GOOG) Street View cars breached U.K. data laws by collecting personal data.

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office reversed an earlier ruling that no data breach had occurred. The office asked Google to delete the data “as soon as it is legally cleared to do so,” BBC News said.

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Israel Security Chief Wary of Google Earth, iPhone Apps

Israel’s domestic security chief warned that civilian Internet applications including Google Earth (GOOG) and iPhone apps, offer militant groups access to intelligence that rivals that available to government spies.

Yuval Diskin, director of Shin Bet, said cyber technologies are a rising international security threat, Reuters reported.

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Israel Security Chief Wary of Google Earth, iPhone Apps originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:51:00.

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