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In May 2009 the Polish GIODO (Polish: Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Danych Osobowych– Chief Inspectorate for the Protection of Personal Data) expressed doubts about Google Street View and its privacy, mostly concerned about the same issues as in other EU countries. However, from 2010 onwards, Google cars appeared on the Polish streets with the ...
In April 2008, a Pittsburgh couple, Aaron and Christine Boring, sued Google for "invasion of privacy". They claimed that Street View made a photo of their home available online, and it diminished the value of their house, which was purchased for its privacy. [136] They lost their case in a Pennsylvania court.
It’s not uncommon to scroll through Google Street View and find a home that’s been blurred from view at the request of the homeowner, whether for privacy or security reasons.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.
In a 20-page decision on Tuesday, Seeborg said reasonable users could view Google's conduct as "highly offensive," because the company collected data despite fielding concerns from several ...
Concerns of a regulatory clampdown on how tech and Internet companies handle user data are looming large on a number of companies.
This example further suggests that Google Street View may provide opportunities for privacy infringement and harassment through public dissemination of the photographs. Google Street View does, however, blur or remove photographs of individuals and private property from image frames if the individuals request further blurring and/or removal of ...
South Korean authorities raided a Google (GOOG) office in Seoul on Tuesday, searching for any user data collected illegally under its controversial Street View project, according to a Reuters report.