Google has been fined $141,300 by France’s privacy watchdog, CNIL.
Google has been charged with collecting email, web browsing histories, and online banking details from Wi-Fi networks from 2007 to 2010 via Google’s Street View camera-mounted cars and bikes.
This is the first fine, after 30+ countries have complained about Google’s data troll.
Google’s Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer addressed the issue: