[governance] Google Wi-Fi gaffe breached Privacy Act

[Roland Perry]

In message <1345602466.50501.YahooMailNeo at web125103.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, 
at 19:27:46 on Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> 
writes
>    Google Analytics breaks Norwegian privacy laws, local agency said 
>    http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/434164/google_analytics_
>breaks_norwegian_privacy_laws_local_agency_said/#closeme
> 
>    'Google Australia must destroy Street View data: Privacy 
>Commissioner'
>    http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/432980/google_australia_
>must_destroy_street_view_data_privacy_commissioner_/#closeme
> 
>“I do not require Google to retain the additional payload data and, 
>unless there is a lawful purpose for its retention, Google should 
>immediately destroy the data

What's interesting about these two technologies is they don't 
[currently] seek permission from the public. As opposed to applications, 
and platforms like Android, where permissions can and are being 
routinely sought - although I'm sure almost everyone pays as much 
attention as they do to online T&C).

You may have seen the fuss about cookies (in general) in Europe at the 
moment - unless "strictly necessary" (whatever that means) websites are 
supposed to seek permission, but as usual the law only applies to 
servers in the EU.
-- 
Roland Perry

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