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Google Street View's headaches around the world
Athens :: Greece | 1 day ago
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Villagers in Broughton, Milton Keynes, said no to the roving eye of Google by forming a human chain to turn away its camera car. But news crews then raced to Broughton, snapping photos and broadcasting images of the village to the rest of the country.
Tags: street view, google street, Greece, Athens, Google Earth, Google Street View, Broughton Milton Keynes, Google Maps, Technology Internet, Google
Google faces court action over Street View
Bern :: Switzerland | 12 days ago
Credibility The federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thür, said on Friday he was bringing a case against Google at the Federal Administrative Court to force the company to make changes to its application. He explained that Google had rejected many of the...
Tags: street view, Switzerland, Google, Hanspeter Thür, view service, data protection, Bern, Data privacy, Information privacy, Privacy, Thￃﾼr, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View
Switzerland takes Google to court
Web search giant Google faces a court case in Switzerland because of privacy concerns over its Street View service. The application allows a 360-degree view of any street-level location. "Numerous faces and vehicle number plates are not made sufficiently...
Tags: street view, causes, Swaziland, Siteki, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View, Hanspeter Thuer, Switzerland
Swiss privacy czar sues Google
Bern :: Switzerland | 15 days ago
Credibility Internet giant Google hasn't done enough to safeguard the privacy of those who appear in its Street View mapping system, a Swiss official says. Switzerland's federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thur, said Friday he is suing Google to force...
Tags: Google, street view, Hanspeter Thur, Herr Thur, Switzerland, Bern, Google Street View, Thur, Swissinfo, Google Maps, Google Earth, Rhine basin, Technology Internet
Swiss Say Google's Street View Is Too Revealing
Geneva :: Switzerland | 17 days ago
Credibility Swiss officials said Friday that they had sued Google to try to require it to tighten privacy safeguards on its Street View online service. It is the latest of a series of European objections to the company's handling of personal information.
Tags: street view, Switzerland, privacy watchdog, google street, Geneva, Data privacy, Google, Privacy, Information privacy, Criticism of Google, Technology Internet, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View, Human rights, Keyhole Markup Language, World Wide Web
Google maps fun places with Street View “trike”
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility With Google Maps, you can use a feature called “Street View” to take a virtual drive across town, or pretty much anywhere there are public streets. But until now, some of the funnest places aren’t accessible by car, and so Google’s Street View car hasn’t...
Tags: street view
Google's camera not exactly welcome in English town
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility The good folk of Broughton don't take kindly to being photographed without permission...When the search-engine giant sent one of its specially equipped cars to take pictures of the village for its Street View feature, residents swung into action. They...
Tags: street view, United Kingdom, London
Tech Ticker
Bern :: Switzerland | 2 months ago
Credibility Google Blurry Street View Google said Wednesday that its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws. The blurring of people's faces and...
Tags: street view, Google Chrome
Street View privacy guarantees remain fuzzy
Zurich :: Switzerland | 3 months ago
Credibility Switzerland's privacy watchdog has reversed course and called for the country's version of Google's Street View to be taken offline only days after it was launched. Citing flaws in Google's system for blurring faces and license plates, Hans-Peter Thür...
Tags: street view, Switzerland, Google Inc
Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera
Groningen :: Netherlands | 5 months ago
Credibility The pair stole the 14-year-old boy's mobile phone and 165 euros ($230) in cash last September. "The picture was taken just a moment before the crime," a police spokesman said. In March, the victim recognized himself and the two robbers while surfing Google...
Tags: street view, Groningen, old boy
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