Google is expected to release details of its plans for a compromise with EU data protection bodies this week.
The American company has admitted it made a software coding mistake in 2006 and this led to its Street View photography cars collecting payload data from private, but unsecure WiFi networks.
The company has been facing pressure from various European Union bodies including authorities in France, Spain and Germany, to hand over the data it collected, but Google has so far resisted.
According to the Financial Times, Google’s lawyers have advised the company against this course of action.
Google is set to offer a compromise solution this week, although details have not been released.
A Google spokesperson said: “We are working through it and will have some answers for the data protection authorities during the course of the week.”
By Richard Morris