South Korea raids Google over Street View

By Matthew DeCarlo, TechSpot.com
Published: August 10, 2010, 5:22 PM ESTSouth Korean authorities raided Google's Seoul office today, seeking any user data obtained illegally through its Street View project, which has caused the search giant quite a bit of legal friction. Along with Korea's pursuit, 37 US states and the Federal Trade Commission are investigating Google's Street View service -- not to mention a variety of probes overseas and class action lawsuits.

In May, the company revealed that its Street View vehicles "accidentally" collected data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks in several countries. A French investigation determined that compromised data included emails, fragments of visited websites, and even passwords, while the UK's data protection authorities have concluded that "no meaningful personal information" was collected.



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