Google denied wrongdoing, but agreed to pay Rashid £4,000 to settle the case this year. A spokeswoman for Westfield confirmed that the shopping centre was “not aware or involved” in the project. On this project, shopping centres were informed in advance, but he said he was not provided with a badge to identify himself as a Google researcher. In a shopping centre outside Paris he said he was pulled aside by security in front of a crowd. He was also stopped at shopping centre in Naples, he said.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2018 18:11 UTC