Dramatic rhetoric, tiny fine. German data regulators fined Google less than $190,000 for collecting information from unsecured WiFi networks while it compiled data for Google Street View. The data scoop was, according to Germany’s data chief, “one of the biggest known data protection violations in history.” The fine? Hardly the biggest in history. Germany, ever leery of Google, could not levy a bigger punishment because of European regulations, which cap fines for accidental violations at about $195,000.
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Germany Levies Max Fine Against Google; Max Fine Is Piddly
Posted by: David Vranicar April 23, 2013 10:26 AMDramatic rhetoric, tiny fine. German data regulators fined Google less than $190,000 for collecting information from unsecured WiFi networks while it compiled data for Google Street View. The data scoop was, according to Germany’s data chief, “one of the biggest known data protection violations in history.” The fine? Hardly the biggest in history. Germany, ever leery of Google, could not levy a bigger punishment because of European regulations, which cap fines for accidental violations at about $195,000.