Looking into Google and privacy

Taken from:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226273/Privacy_watchdog_lawmaker_push_for_Google_probe?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-04-17

The article notes:

Computerworld - Privacy groups and lawmakers are calling for a new and broader investigation into Google and its privacy practices after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it found no evidence that the company broke eavesdropping laws.
Late last week, the FCC reported that there was no legal precedent to find fault with Google collecting unprotected home Wi-Fi data, such as personal email, passwords and search histories, with its roaming Street View cars between 2007 and 2010.
"It was a mistake for us to include code in our software that collected payload data, but we believe we did nothing illegal. We have worked with the relevant authorities to answer their questions and concerns."

If somebody had walked into our house through an unlocked back door and had gone to our home office and gotten information about our personal email, passwords and more, I would be upset - so ... why do we allow Google to do it?