• In the wake of the FCC’s April 13, 2012 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to Google regarding Street View, the U.K.’s data protection agency, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has opened its own inquiry into the matter. On June 11, 2012, the ICO issued a letter to Google demanding prompt answers to a list of questions regarding Google’s street-mapping data collection practices. Google has previously admitted to collecting private data during its street view sweeps, though by mistake. The ICO has asked Google to describe what type of data it captured, when Google management became aware of the issue, and requested copies of the original Street View software design. The ICO’s letter is available here.