Google Street View Investigation by U.S. Declared Closed

Google said the Justice Department closed an investigation last May into the company’s use of specially equipped autos that collected wireless data for its Street View project. Google’s disclosure about the inquiry was in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission April 26. The FCC proposed on April 13 fining the owner of the largest search engine for delaying the commission’s probe into improper data collection. The Justice Department concluded last year that “it would not pursue a case for violation of the Wiretap Act,” Google said today in the FCC filing. The company said it “acted in good faith at all times” and will pay the FCC’s $25,000 penalty “to put this investigation behind it.”