Italy investigates Google Street View over privacy concerns...

Italy has started an investigation into Google Inc's Street View web service, a local watchdog said on Wednesday following the U.S. group's announcement it had accidentally collected personal data over wireless networks.

Google said last week its fleets of cars which have been photographing streets around the world had for several years accidentally collected personal information -- which a security expert said could include e-mail messages and passwords.

Italy's privacy regulator said it would verify whether Google treated correctly the data acquired by Street View, which allows users to navigate around a 360-degree view of city streets using pictures taken by Google's camera vehicles. More...

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