"yeah..finally caught and now they decide to call it a mistake."
Only they weren't actually caught by anyone but themselves but still went public with it and asked for a third-party review of the handling.
Can you think of any company that would do the same under similar circumstances? Neither can I.
The Google fright is vastly overrated and entirely unjustified, at least on a factual basis. Google no doubt has the means to screw us over royally with the kind of information they are sitting on, yet we get news pieces like these when they openly admit to mistakes, apologize and ask for outside review.
Would you prefer they kept us in the dark, lied to us and secretly abused any and all information instead?