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Re:Woops, Google’s Street View cars collected email password... by mvandemar on Monday June 21, 2010 @10:25AM (#1448875)
Wait a minute...

"Our ultimate objective is to delete the data consistent with our legal obligations and in consultation with the appropriate authorities."

Delete the data that they are legally required to? If it was accidentally collected in the first place, why keep any of it?

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Re:Woops, Google’s Street View cars collected email password... by enomar on Monday June 21, 2010 @10:32AM (#1448900)
I suspect it's because various governments want it as evidence of some wrong doing.
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