Google Gets Sued Over Street View Privacy Concerns [After Admitting to Accidentally Collecting Private Data, Google Gets Sued]

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Google has long been under public fire regarding privacy concerns but as early as May 14th news of Google accidentally collecting private data, while making their rounds for their Google Maps Street view, have been circulating the Internet. Although there was an obvious breech of security Google assured us that all data accidentally collected would be deleted as soon as possible and that the data collected was only collected from unsecured wireless networks. Well, when any company big or small messes up it’s only a matter of time before lawsuits begin coming in fast and furious.

Sooner or later it was bound to happen and now it has; it was recently made known that two Oregon citizens by the names of Vicki Van Valin and Neil Mertz are suing the search engine giant for collecting the private data but they are also suing Google for deleting the data that was collected. This may seem counterproductive but if Google goes through with deleting this data, those who had their data collected would not be able to properly take Google to court over the matter. It serves as cold card evident and the two bringing the lawsuit before Google are more than aware of this.

If this lawsuit pans out in favor of the plaintiffs they could be receiving$100 for each day that their private data was held in addition to $10,000 for every violation of the law that Google committed.

Like I said before, it’s bovious that this was a breach of privacy but has it really done any harm? Do these people really think Google is going to use their private data against them even when Google co-founder Sergey Brin has come forth and say that Google as in the wrong? Probably not, instead they are probably looking to cash in on the error and if past experiences are anything to go by, they will most likely come out victorious.