Street View: US authorities impose fine on Google
U.S. authorities accuse the internet company Google of obstructing investigations related to its Street View service.
Google collected personal data without permission and then deliberately failed to cooperate with the FCC in its investigations, the US communications regulator announced. For this reason, it imposed a fine of 25,000 dollars on the dominant search engine provider. Google rejected the accusations on Monday night and stated that the company had passed on the relevant information to the authority. Google announced that it was preparing a response to the authority's action.
Between 2007 and 2010, Google collected data in the USA and worldwide for its Street View service. Street View allows Internet users to display street views from Google Maps and Google Earth. (SDA/RTD)
