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Deletion of WiFi payload data from the UK

We are profoundly sorry for mistakenly collecting payload data in the UK from unencrypted wireless networks. Since we announced our mistake in May we have cooperated closely with the ICO and worked to improve our internal controls. As we have said before, we did not want this data, have never used any of it in our products or services, and have sought to delete it as quickly as possible.

We can confirm that the UK data has now been deleted, and that this has been independently certified.

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