Australia Drops Second Google Investigation

joshgnosis writes "The Australian Privacy Commissioner has decided against investigating Google a second time over the collection of Wi-Fi payload data in Google's Street View cars. Despite a damning FCC report released last month claiming that senior manager within Google were aware that a 'rogue' engineer was working on the project on the side, he said a second investigation wouldn't yield any new results. 'I have decided not to open another investigation into Google Street View,' he said in a statement. 'In reaching this decision, I have considered the FCC's report and don't consider that a new investigation would reveal any information that would change our original finding.'"

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Google more powerful than Oz government

[Anonymous Coward]

Now it's official. Australia doesn't want to take on a company with the power and reach of Google. They'll cower before Facebook as well no doubt. Wimps.

Re:What they really meant.

[SeaFox]

They are about to go after Google for tax evasion - a few politicians were (rightly) outraged when it became public knowledge that Google only paid $74k in tax on the multiple billions which Australian people and companies paid to them for services provided in Australia.

Multiple billions?

Try about one.