The Google will have to clarify the Justice Department how collected personal information without authorization while capturing photos to select their service street view Street View.
The company states that "cares about the respect for privacy" and that "there is no new fact" in the accusations.
The Brazilian Institute of Politics and Law Informatics (IBDI) triggered the U.S. company by the case, which occurred in 2009, to learn what was collected and what was done with the data. At the time, Google cars driving along the streets of Brazilian cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte recording images of sites that would comprise the online service location.
Through a device attached to the vehicle that transmitted images to Google's servers, the company went home networking Wi-Fi networks that did not require password and personal information collected some Brazilians.
The same process of capturing and invasions have occurred worldwide. Around the world, the company has been the target of similar actions by the incident.
In the United States, home of the company, Google has not cooperated with the investigation and was fined $ 25,000. After pressure from prosecutors of 38 U.S. states, the company admitted in a public statement the invasion. To end the issue, a deal was closed in which the company undertook to destroy emails, passwords and historical collected, besides paying compensation for collective damages of U.S. $ 7 million.
The company was also the subject of investigations in Europe. In Germany, received a fine of 150 000 euros. Based on the impact of the invasion, the Institute for Justice sued to get clarification on whether the personal data collection also occurred in Brazil.
"Based on the recognition of the fact by Google, we return to make a quest to understand the extent of the data theft, who had access, where such information is stored and what was the treatment given to them," said the lawyer Sergio IBDI Palomares.
In last Tuesday (9), the 23 th Civil Court of Brasilia issued an injunction that the company provide the information within five days after the citation. In case of default, Google will have to pay $ 15,000. Palomares believes subpoena should occur later this week.
The lawyer suggests that it is a sobering fact Google is one of the companies mentioned in documents from the National Security Agency (NSA, in English) as one of cooperating with providing personal data. "One of the issues that cause concern at this point, especially when it comes to privacy, is if Google Street View was considered [in the NSA monitoring]."
"The charge is less serious than the invasion itself. We're talking about a service allegedly capturing images that suddenly began to capture data. What these vehicles were doing going into wifi networks open? "
See the note in full Google:
"Google is always concerned with respect to privacy. All aspects related to data collection in Street View project were addressed as soon as identified in 2010, and there is no new fact."
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