The mobile location services from Google and Microsoft use to determine
the position not only GPS data, but also the names of surrounding
wireless base stations. At Google, we know that the group uses this not
only the wireless network name, but also captures the unique MAC addresses.
In June it was announced , that Google considers not only the MAC
addresses of stationary wireless routers, but also of notebooks and
smartphones. It landed in the Google database and the addresses of
devices that had never been operated as a Wi-Fi hotspots.
Google now wants to draw conclusions: in the "European Public Policy
Blog," promises Peter Fleischer , Google will in the course of autumn
provide a service that can be the owner specifically recognized devices
can unsubscribe (opt-out).
Fleischer works at Google with the title "Global Privacy Counsel" as the
Privacy Liaison. In his first blog entry specifies in detail the
advantages of butcher is Wi-Fi based location detection: With the help
smartphone users can experience even in places without GPS reception, an
approximate position and transport companies could determine the exact
arrival times of buses.
The blog entry can be hinted that Google planned to opt-out service not
voluntarily provide, but "at the request of several European data
protection authorities." The service should be provided not only in the
EU, but worldwide. For more information on staging procedures to follow.
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