Dr. (PhD) Miguel Á. Gallardo, Tel. +34 902998352 Fax: +34 902998379 E-mail: miguel@cita.es
To the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) www.cita.es/fcc
I am a legal representative of Spanish association APEDANICA (Asociación para la Prevención y Estudio de Delitos, Abusos y Negligencias en Informática y Comunicaciones Avanzadas). You can read about us for instance at ”Google Sued in Spain Over Data Collecting” - The New York Times
MADRID 17 ago. 2010 - The Spanish association of Internet users, whose acronym is Apedanica, contends that Google violated an article in Spain’s criminal code that forbids the unauthorized interception and collection of such communications data. Breaching that law can lead to prison sentences of up to four years. A judge in Spain opened an investigation into whether Google unlawfully collected data from unsecured wireless networks while gathering photographs for Google’s photo-mapping service Street View.
NYT link is published at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/technology/18google.html?_r=0
In addition to the aforementioned indictment which Google is involved in since 2010, we are also working now on a new criminal procedure against Google, at another Spanish Criminal Court (JUZGADO DE INSTRUCCIÓN 5 MADRID), taking as well into consideration the facts and evidence found in the following published articles:
Google was downloading audio listeners onto computers without consent, say Chromium users
Google Chrome Listening In To Your Room Shows The Importance Of Privacy Defense In Depth
“Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission. Privacy advocates claim always-listening component was involuntarily activated within Chromium, potentially exposing private conversations” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission
“Here's How Easy It Is For Google Chrome To Eavesdrop On Your PC Microphone” by Marc Weber
“Got Chrome? Google Just Silently Downloaded This Onto Your Computer” by Alec Cope
http://wearechange.org/got-chrome-google-just-silently-downloaded-this-onto-your-computer
You can read our legal approach as published (in Spanish) at www.cita.es/chrome and our appeal at www.cita.es/recurso-chrome Please contact me regarding any questions and feel free to forward this document and links to whom you consider appropriate.
We request documented information about any FCC investigation on Google in the past and now, under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as soon as possible.
Dr. (PhD) Miguel Á. Gallardo, Tel. +34 902998352 Fax: +34 902998379 E-mail: miguel@cita.es
APEDANICA and WWW.CITA.ES C/ Fernando Poo 16-6ºB E-28045 Madrid, SPAIN (ESPAÑA)