Police in South Korea have raided the headquarters of Google based in Seoul.
Police believed that the corporation was collecting and storing data from internet users that have been using Wi-Fi networks.
Google recently admitted that its ‘Street View’ cars had been collecting information from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks but later called this a “mistake".
Despite this the North American based company faces legal investigations in a number of countries to see if it did indeed break any privacy or data protection laws as a result of the street view cars.
A spokesperson for the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said:
"[We] have been investigating Google Korea on suspicion of unauthorised collection and storage of data on unspecified Internet users from Wi-Fi networks."
The spokesperson also confirmed that the raid was indeed based on the Street View investigation and not a fresh allegation.
Google responded saying:
"We will co-operate with the investigation and answer any questions the police may have."
Whilst investigations in other countries are still ongoing the UK’s Information Commissions Office found that Google had not broken any laws as it had failed to grab “significant” personal details.