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German authorities fined Google 145,000 euros for collect personal data from private wireless networks through cameras installed in vehicles in its Street View mapping service.

data protection office in Hamburg set the fine for violation of privacy between 2008 and 2010, when Google was preparing to service urban landscape and street photos.

“In my opinion, this is one of the most serious cases of violation of data protection rules that have come to light “, said John Caspar, head of protection office data.

“Among the

information collected from the vehicles was a significant amount of personal data of varying quality” , said Caspar. “For example, were collected emails, passwords, photos and chat logs “.

Google said that reformed their systems to solve problems arising with its Street View operations. The company said the regulator of Hamburg that had never been his intention to store personal data and apologized. Caspar considered the fact that it happened, and for a long period of time, led to one conclusion: “That the internal controls of the company failed”.

He added that, under German law could not impose a fine much higher since the maximum penalty for negligently data breaches is limited to a maximum of € 150,000 .