Google invading New Zealand

Google began in 1998 with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, ‘to organise the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful.’ It is safe to say that Google have achieved this goal as the internet giant has grown rapidly with the development of Gmail, Google Maps, Google Buzz, Google Crome, Google Earth, and the android phone operating system.
This rapid growth which enabled Google to achieve their first goal, led to the creation of a new aspiration.CEO Eric Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal in 2007 that ‘the goal was to enable users to asks questions, such as what shall i do tomorrow and what job shall i take’ this goal has caused controversy around the world and locally in New Zealand around privacy, copyright and censorship.
The internet giant recorded and saved data from unsecure wifi networks via street view cars which take pictures for Google maps, and this occurred throughout the streets of New Zealand as well as worldwide. The data collated was actually the websites users where surfing the moment the cars drove past. Google assured that this data collection was accidental however some people became concerned about individual privacy, and this was left for the police to investigate further.
Tonight on TV3 news police came to the conclusion that no criminal offence was committed, and cleared Google of any wrong doing when they invasively collected information from peoples wireless networks. The only advice police have given is for people to make sure they have secure internet connections.