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May 3, 2011

Google Offices Raided In South Korea 
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Police in South Korea have raided the offices of Google Korea and Daum
Communications following allegations the companies collected information
on the location of smartphone users for advertisement purposes without
their permission. Google is also under investigation by South Korean
authorities for allegedly collecting emails from unsecured wireless
networks while photographing neighborhoods for its mapping service. The
raid comes at a time when Apple and Google is facing scrutiny around the
world for its practices of tracking the location of smartphone users.



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