Attorney General from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, has demanded that Google provide access to data that its Street View cars improperly collected from unsecured Connecticut personal and business wireless computer networks. Blumenthal issued the demand, in cooperation with the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), in the form of a civil investigative demand - equivalent to a subpoena.
Google had initially claimed that the data was fragmented, but has since acknowledged that entire emails and other information may have been improperly captured. The company has called the improper data collection an accident.
Google has allowed Canadian and other regulatory authorities to review similar data, but refused to provide Blumenthal's office the same access. According to Blumenthal, reviewing this information is vital because Google's story changed - first claiming only fragments were collected, then acknowledging entire emails.
Google collected the data in 2008 while its cars trolled Connecticut streets taking photographs for its Street View service. Google has until December 17 to provide access to the information.
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