Giving in to the demands of the governments in four European countries - Germany, France, Spain, and Italy -, Internet search giant Google has decided to hand over the data it erroneously collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

Specifying that the data will be handed over to the European regulators within the next two days, the Google CEO Eric Schmidt added that the software code that resulted in the collection of the data collection was in “clear violation” of Google’s policies.

Schmidt further added that Google intends making public the results of internal and external audits of its Wi-Fi data collection practices.

The data that Google has finally decided to hand over to European regulators includes 600 GB of personal information that Google last month acknowledged had been collected inadvertently by the roving, camera-mounted cars in its Street View program.

According to reports, the data collected under the Street View program included photographs of neighborhoods, as well as fragments of private information from people whose personal Wi-Fi networks were left unencrypted.

Google had thus far refused to give in to the requests from the European officials and privacy advocates about the handing over of the data, which comprises snippets of personal information, such as details of bank and e-mail accounts. In resisting the requests for handing over the data, Google had reasoned that it required time to review legal issues.