The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled against an appeal by Google, holding that payload data transmitted over a WiFi network is not considered “radio communications” as defined under the federal Wiretap Act, Business Standard reports. In the case, Google defended its collection of data transmitted over open WiFi networks during its Street View mapping project, saying the data it collected was unencrypted and available to the general public.
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