House Commerce Committee Leaders Question Google on Precise Location Information Database

House Commerce Committee Leaders wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing their concern about reports of a massive database of precise location information on hundreds of millions of consumers, known inside Google as “Sensorvault, ” and requesting a briefing and answers on how this information is used both inside and outside the company.  The letter was signed by Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). The bipartisan Committee leaders requested a briefing from Google by May 10 and answers to a series of questions by May 7.