Google avoids fine, though it breached Britain’s privacy laws

PARIS — British data protection officials said yesterday that Google had committed a “significant breach’’ of privacy laws when its Street View mapping service gathered e-mail messages, computer passwords, and other personal information without the owners’ knowledge.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/04/google_avoids_fine_though_it_breached_britains_privacy_laws/