Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced Tuesday that Internet giant Google, Inc., has agreed to a $7 million settlement with 38 states, for unauthorized collection of data using its "Street Views" vehicles.
Connecticut headed an eight-state committee that investigated the issue, and will receive $520,000 for Connecticut’s general fund. Google has said it was "mortified" by the mistakes, which gathered fragments of emails, computer identifying data, and other "payload data." According to Google’s 10 page Assurance of Voluntary compliance, that could include the addresses of requested web pages, partial or complete emails and "any confidential or private information being transmitted to or from the network user" as the Street Views vehicles passed along public roadways.
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