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Consumer Watchdog has called on the state attorneys general to investigate Google’s WiSpy snooping in their respective states to determine what state laws were broken.

“While the activity is likely a violation of federal laws, we believe there is a good possibility it also broke state wiretap, privacy and unfair business practices laws in many cases,” wrote John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with the nonpartisan, nonprofit group. “We call on each attorney general to investigate the extent to which this is the case in his or her jurisdiction.”

As the battle lines sharpen between Google’s vision of a mobile web and Apple’s application ecosystem, the leading figures in Europe’s mobile industry are meeting in London for their annual C-level get-together at the Open Mobile Summit next week.

Taking place on May 26 and 27 at the London Hilton Tower Bridge hotel, the Open Mobile Summit is where experts in the converging mobile, Internet and media industry meet once-a-year, to map out the future. This year’s closing plenary asks “Will the Web win?”