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On the recordMay 9, 2011
And, in fact, this personal data and the interception and downloading of this personal data is contemplated, in fact, by a patent application that has been submitted by Google to both the U.S. Patent Office and internationally, does it not?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the intentionality of Google's data collection as per a patent application.

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