Authority which regulates the protection of personal data in France dropped the penalty to the
Google of 100,000 euros, or about USD 1.25 billion. This is because Google is considered
disturbing the privacy of citizens during the recording scene with Street View of his vehicle.
"That is the biggest fine ever since we impose sanctions in the form of cash since 2004," said
Chief Kebebasaan National Information Commission (CNIL) Yann Padova, as reported by Le
Parisien on Monday (3/21/2011).
Fines are imposed because Google is considered not in good faith. indeed, citizens personal
data has been removed from the recording panoramic images collected by Google. However, it
is
evident that Google is also collecting data points hotspots private property without their
knowledge.
CNIL rate of data collection is not permitted under the rules of law in France. Because, with the
data Google can get a very large economic benefits.
Services began to run Google's Street View since 2007 for displaying three-dimensional scene on
a digital map online certain places. However, the data recording process sometimes invited
controversy. Not only in photographs, but also acts Google records information from the hotspot
that is passed along the journey. Such actions are feared to steal sensitive data such as
passwords or email.
From Kompas.com