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Released: September 17, 2011
Google lets wi-fi owners opt out of Registry
Source: Kevin J. O'Brien, The New York Times
BERLIN — Google defused a confrontation with European privacy regulators by announcing on Tuesday that it would give the owners of Wi-Fi routers worldwide the option of removing their devices from a registry Google uses to locate cellphone users. The change was made less than four months after European regulators warned that the unauthorized use of data sent by Wi-Fi routers violated European law. Google and other companies use the signals from Wi-Fi routers as navigational beacons, helping them pinpoint the locations of nearby cellphone users.Read Full Article: Google lets wi-fi owners opt out of Registry
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