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Google admits it did not delete Street View data Jul 27th 2012, 15:32 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Yahoo turns to Google's Mayer for revival Tue, Jul 17 2012 Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks at the Global Investment Conference in London July 26, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Neil Hall LONDON | Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:32am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it had not kept its promise to delete all the personal data, such as emails, its Street View cars collected in Britain and other countries in 2010. The U.S. company admitted in May 2010 that its vehicles, which photograph neighborhoods to create street level images, had accidentally collected data from unsecured wireless networks used by residents in more than 30 countries. The failure to comply with a promise to delete all the data was notified to Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which said the fact that the data still existed appeared to breach an undertaking signed by Google in November 2010. "The ICO is clear that this information should never have been collected in the first place and the company's failure to secure its deletion as promised is a cause for concern," the ICO said. Google said the data came to light when it searched by hand its Street View disk inventory. "Google has recently confirmed that it still has in its possession a small portion of ... data collected by our Street View vehicles in the UK," Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel said in a letter published by the ICO. "Google apologizes for this error." Google said it was in the process of notifying relevant authorities in other countries. The ICO told Google it must supply the data immediately so it could be subjected to forensic analysis before the ICO decided on the necessary course of action. The Web search leader was fined $25,000 in April for impeding a U.S. investigation into Street View data collection. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Holmes) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) Is that really news from a company ahead of everyone else in spyware? Jul 27, 2012 11:46am EDT  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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