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Privacy watchdog clears Google Street View

Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly

London : United Kingdom | 7 months ago

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Britain's privacy watchdog said that Google Street View should not be removed or shut down, dismissing concerns that the service was too invasive. Google's Street View program, which carries panoramic, high-quality photographers of street scenes across the world, prompted a brief flurry of media...

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Privacy watchdog clears Google Street View

News Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly | 7 months ago

Britain's privacy watchdog said that Google Street View should not be removed or shut down, dismissing concerns that the service was too invasive. Google's Street View program, which carries panoramic, high-quality photographers of street scenes...
U.K. privacy watchdog OK's Google Street View

News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 7 months ago

Britain's privacy watchdog said on Thursday that Google's Street View carries a small risk to privacy, but not enough to warrant removing or shutting down the service. The U.K.'s Information Commissioner Office was responding to the complaint of...
Britain OKs Google street-mapping

News Source: United Press International | 7 months ago

Google can conduct street-level mapping in Britain as long as faces and addresses are blurred, British regulators ruled Thursday. The Information Commissioner's Office rejected complaints by privacy advocates to stop the Internet search giant from...
UK privacy watchdog rejects Street View complaints

News Source: Times Online | 7 months ago

Google’s controversial Street View service was today cleared by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office of any breach of the Data Protection Act. Speaking in response to a complaint filed by the pressure group Privacy International, David Evans,...
Watchdog rejects Google Street View complaint

News Source: The independent | 7 months ago

The privacy watchdog rejected a complaint against Google Street View today. The Information Commissioner said the service, which allows users to scroll around a montage of street-level photographs of Britain, does not breach the Data Protection Act.
Google Street View cleared of breaking Data Protection Act

News Source: The Guardian | 7 months ago

a ban would be disproportionate to the privacy risks, the Information Commissioner's Office says Google Street View, the controversial website that shows 360-degree street views of many of Britain's cities does not breach the Data Protection Act,...