Spain hauls Google on Street View

LONDON, UK: Spain has taken on internet search giant Google over alleged privacy violations during Street View's mapping.

The Daily Telegraph reported that a Madrid judge ordered a Google representative to appear before a court in October as part of a probe into whether Google committed a "computer crime" when shots of city streets were being taken.

Judge Raquel Fernandino issued the subpoena after a complaint was filed by private internet watchdog and technology consulting agency Apedanica in June.

Street View is a service in which internet users can get street-level views of public buildings and private residences.

The probe is taking place following Google’s acknowledgement in May that the technology used by its Street View vehicles had also inadvertently recorded fragments of people’s online activities broadcast over wireless networks.

Google says it never used the data and hasn’t broken any laws.