WiFi Firm Sues Google Over Data Collection; Separate Court Issues Data Destruction TRO

Google Inc. is facing mounting legal challenges after its recent admission that it collected location and content data from unsecured wireless computer networks while taking digital photographs for its Street View mapping project, including putative class complaints by a provider of WiFi access services on behalf of Massachusetts residents and another seeking to represent a class of all affected U.S. residents.

Moreover, in a third class action involving Oregon and Washington residents whose WiFi data was collected, a federal court ignored Google’s arguments and granted an injunction prohibiting the internet giant from destroying any of the relevant data it collected. ...