FCC report reveals Google employees knew of data breach

An investigation by the officials from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into the data collection practices of one of Google’s most popular, and controversial services, Street View has thrown up some shocking results. FCC, in its report now reveals that Google staffers were aware of the service’s controversial nature, and that it was picking up details of one’s personal information, like emails and text messages in 2007 and 2008. The report, which can be read here, reveals that the Google engineer who was assigned the responsibility of collecting private information via wireless networks from Street View cars, kept his other colleagues, which also included a senior manager constantly updated on the data breach, i.e. that the Street View cars were designed to collect personal information in 2007 and again in 2008. This report comes as an update to an earlier report about the FCC imposing a $25,000 fine on Google for having delayed the investigation into their data collection practices for its Street View Project. 

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