Connecticut and Missouri launch inquiries into Google wi-fi data collection

Connecticut Mulls Probe Of Google Wi-Fi Data Collection [Broadband Reports]

It appears that Connecticut's attorney general will be joining the long line of state and foreign government investigations around the globe of Google's wi-fi data collection. Reuters is reporting that Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal has sent a letter to Google requesting information about Google's data collection processes in an effort to determine whether any of his state's laws were broken.

Google has admitted that it's Street View fleet was equipped with equipment that collected data transmissions from open wi-fi networks. Over 600 GB of data was collected by the fleet. Originally the company indicated that only MAC addresses from wi-fi routers to improve the company's location finding feature, but later said that additional data was collected by accident.

For its part, Google has agreed to cooperate with Connecticut's investigations and a similar inquiry that the state of Missouri has launched.