From Reuters:

"Google said last week its fleets of cars which have been photographing streets around the world had for several years accidentally collected personal information – which a security expert said could include e-mail messages and passwords.

Italy's privacy regulator said it would verify whether Google treated correctly the data acquired by Street View, which allows users to navigate around a 360-degree view of city streets using pictures taken by Google's camera vehicles.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64I4TH20100519

Also

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/24431/20100520/google-s-data-collection-prompts-lawsuit.htm

From the second article:

"
....The lawsuit, which was filed by an Oregon woman and a Washington man in a Portland, Ore. federal court on Monday, accused Google of violating Federal privacy and data acquisition laws.
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People are stupid. Some more than others.