Google apparently wants to get all the Street View dirt out in the open at once in the hope of putting the incident to bed instead of being needled by slowly emerging details. That would explain why it released the FCC's full report of its investigation into its unsavory data-collection ways. Although there's a decided stink around the company's handling of privacy in this case, apparently it did nothing illegal, and that's what Google wants to unders
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is trying to do damage control and prove it had no nefarious goals with its ambitious Street View project, following an FCC into the search giant's collection and storage of data from millions of unknowing households across the country.
The Federal Communications Commission determined in its report that the data collection was not illegal; however, it slapped Google with a US$25,000 fine for obstructing its investigation -- a contention Google has denied. Instead, Google pointed a finger at the FCC for delaying its own investigation.
It could have ended there, but Google released the agency's full report of the investigation over the weekend, and in doing so revealed details that only served to raise new questions about its practices over a two-year period.
Google has continued to maintain that it was mapping wireless networks and that any data collected was "inadvertent."
"We decided to voluntarily make the entire document available except for the names of individuals," said Google spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker. "While we disagree with some of the statements made in the document, we agree with the FCC's conclusion that we did not break the law. We hope that we can now put this matter behind us."
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