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July 10th, 2010
Google to Resume Street Mapping After Privacy Talks

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Google is to resume its Streetview mapping in towns and cities around Ireland after discussion with data privacy regulators. Google’s cars, equipped with cameras, low-level radar and GPS technology, will take to Irish roads again next week, snapping pictures of public roads. Google took the cars off the road in May and contacted data protection authorities when it was revealed that its cars had collected data sent over wireless networks in homes and businesses in the areas the cars were mapping. Read More