Google Has Deleted Swedish WiFi Data, DPA Says

COPENHAGEN—Google Inc. has deleted internet content and other data collected from unsecured wireless networks in Sweden during its Street View mapping program, the country’s Data Inspection Board (DI) said in a June 13 statement. In May 2010, Google revealed that it had collected WiFi location and content data in over 30 countries, including Sweden.

When the DI first contacted Google in May 2010, the company said that data from the wireless networks had been collected “mistakenly” and that it planned to delete it. At that time, Google said it had not yet done so because it was waiting for the ...