The Netherlands has added itself to the list of countries taking Google to task for saving private wireless Internet connection data while cruising through Dutch cities and towns for its Street View maps.
The Dutch Data Protection Agency (DPA) on Tuesday called on Google to contact the 3.6 million WiFi network owners in the Netherlands and offer them a way to have the data the US-based Internet giant saved removed from servers.
The Dutch DPA said Google has been ordered to inform the affected parties about the company's collection of their data. "Within the same period of three months, Google must also offer an on line possibility to opt-out from the database in order to enable people to object to the processing of the data concerning their WiFi routers," the authority wrote in an English-language statement posted to its website.
Note EU-Digest: Just imagine what would have happened if a European search engine company had done the same in the US. This is unacceptable. Google must be taken to court in Europe on this issue. Google can not be allowed to get away by offering an apology and stating the information has been removed from their servers. The Netherlands should also lodge an official complain with the European Commission and the European parliament.
For more: Dutch data protection authority pursues Google | Science & Technology | Deutsche Welle | 20.04.2011
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