"Our fear is that Google gets special treatment," Chester insists. Conclusion

Whether or not Google was aware it was gathering this data from households and businesses in 30 countries (it stretches credulity to think that with their remarkable technological genius Google didn't know), this is a very important privacy matter that the FTC should be investigating and even fining Google. Certainly consumers should be made aware that Google in fact gathered these data, and the public should also demand that the FTC dig deeper into Google's intentions; if they say they won't use the data, they why do they have it? They should be required to purge that data from their servers, if such a thing could be done. Meantime, there are many more online issues that have to be resolved as to privacy rights and basic consumer rights, and it is incumbent...

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