@JulianOliver Ugh.. Fines like this are just the cost of doing business for corporations like Google. Just think how much they profited from that data. We need some better way of holding them accountable.

@JulianOliver I had assumed they've had access to them all along. I know many police departments have. Maybe this step is just making it more convenient for them by combining the databases and the interface to them.This is a great area for activism/education to make sure people know about it and disconnect them from the internet. I'm sure they're probably designed so you can't limit them to only your local network, so unfortunately for most people the only option will be to completely disable them or their wifi chip to prevent the data being collected. Otherwise they could be used to capture any notable activity for use by our side.