Google has agreed to pay $7 million in one of the largest fines for violating privacy. The fine for collecting people’s personal data without authorization as part of its Street View service. As part of the settlement, Google must educate employees about the privacy of consumer data and sponsor a public service campaign to teach people how to secure their wireless networks. Google also agreed to all destroy emails, passwords, and web histories that was taking from home wireless systems when the Street view car would take photos of the neighborhoods.
