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来源States to Investigate Google Data Collection
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Connecticut’s attorney general said Monday that he would lead a multistate investigation into whether Google broke laws when it siphoned personal data off of wireless networks around the world. The company has said the data collection was inadvertent.
华盛顿（路透社）——周一，康涅狄格州总检察长宣布他将领导涉及多州的调查，以断定谷歌是否在从全球无线网络中提取个人数据时违反法律。此公司已宣称数据采集并非故意。
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said more than 30 states had participated in a recent conference call on the issue. He said consumers had a right to know what information was collected, and whether states need to alter procedures to guard against such leaks in the future.
总检察长理查德 布卢门撒尔称，最近超过30个州参加了一次涉及此问题的电话会议。他说用户有权知道什么信息被采集，以及各州是否需要在未来修改程序以堤防这种泄露。
Shares in Google slid 1.4 percent, to $492.81 in a relatively flat market.
在相对平稳的市场里，谷歌股票下滑了1.4个百分点，达到每股492.81美元。
In May, Google said its cars photographing streets around the world had for years accidentally collected personal data — which a security expert said at the time could have included e-mail messages and passwords — sent by consumers over wireless networks.
五月，谷歌称其漫步全球的街景采集车已有数年都会时不时地收集到个人数据——一位安全专家称这种收集会同时包括电子邮件信息和密码——它们由用户通过无线网络发出。
“My office will lead a multistate investigation — expected to involve a significant number of states — into Google’s deeply disturbing invasion of personal privacy,” Mr. Blumenthal said in a statement.
布卢门撒尔在一份声明中说”我院将针对谷歌对个人隐私过深的、令人不安的侵犯，领导一次涉及多州的调查——预计会有相当数量的州涉入。“
“Consumers have a right and a need to know what personal information — which could include e-mails, Web browsing and passwords — Google may have collected, how and why.”
”用户有权并且有必要知道谷歌可能采集到什么样的个人信息，以及谷歌是以怎样的方式并且为什么会收集到，这些个人信息包括电子邮件、网页浏览和密码。“
Mr. Blumenthal said Google has cooperated but “its response so far raises as many questions as it answers.”
布卢门撒尔先生称谷歌已配合调查，但迄今为止，它答的越多，其回应引发的问题就越多。”
“Our investigation will consider whether laws may have been broken and whether changes to state and federal statutes may be necessary,” he said.
”我们的调查将决定谷歌是否违法，以及是否有必要更改州法和联邦法规“他说。
Google already faces an informal investigation over the matter by the Federal Trade Commission, a variety of inquiries overseas, and class-action lawsuits.
谷歌已经面对过联邦贸易委员会就此问题的非正式调查，多种海外询问，和集体诉讼。
Google has said the data was accidentally collected by its “Street View” cars, well known for crisscrossing the globe and taking panoramic pictures of city streets, which the company displays in its online maps product.
谷歌已经声称这些数据是由它的”街景“车偶然收集到的，这些”街景“车在全球来回移动，拍摄城市街道的全景照片，而这些照片则由此公司展示在其在线地图产品中。
“It was a mistake for us to include code in our software that collected payload data, but we believe we did nothing illegal. We’re working with the relevant authorities to answer their questions and concerns,” a Google spokeswoman, Christine Chen, said in an e-mail message.
”我们错误地把收集有效数据的代码加入了我们的软件中，但我们认为我们并未做违法的事。我们同相关当局协作以解答他们的问题和关注点，“一位谷歌发言人，克里斯丁 陈在一封电子邮件中说。
The company says it uses the location of Wi-Fi networks to enhance location-based services on smartphones.
该公司称其使用Wi-Fi网络的定位功能来增强其在智能手机上基于定位的服务。
It first revealed that Street View cars were collecting wireless data in April, but said that no personal data was involved. After an audit requested by Germany, Google acknowledged in May that it had been mistakenly collecting samples of “payload data.”
谷歌最初在四月披露街景车在收集无线数据，但声称并未涉及私人数据。在德国要求的一次审计之后，谷歌在五月承认它曾错误地采集”有效数据”样本。
Mr. Blumenthal also released a letter sent to Google in mid-June asking for more details of the data collection. He had written to Google previously and the company had responded.
布卢门撒尔还公开了一封六月中旬发给谷歌的信，在信中他索要有关数据采集的更多细节。在此之前他已向谷歌写信，该公司已回信。
In the second letter, Mr. Blumenthal asked the company when it realized that its Street View cars had collected the extra data, who audited or analyzed the Street View data collection program, and whether information was ever extracted from the payload data.
在第二封信里，布卢门撒尔问该公司市在什么时候它意识到它的街景车收集到了多余的数据，谁在检查或是分析街景数据收集项目，以及个人信息是否曾被从有效数据中提取出来。
He also asked what precautions Google takes to ensure that its engineers do not insert undesirable code into Google products, and which engineer or engineers inserted the payload data code into the Street View cars’ collection devices.
他也问到谷歌采取了什么预防措施来保证其工程师们不在谷歌产品中加入不良代码，以及哪个或是哪些工程师向街景车的采集设备中加入了有效数据代码。
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