Monday, August 24, 2009

Switzerland not too happy with Google Street View!!!

A Swiss government official is demanding that Google immediately remove any image of Switzerland on its Street View Maps facility.

Federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thuer, said Google's pictures were violating Switzerland's strict privacy laws by failing to obscure people's identities.

'Numerous faces and license numbers weren't blurred or were done so inadequately,' he said in a statement, which demanded 'Google Inc. immediately take its Google Street View online service off the internet' until it can ensure that public images respect Swiss law. More...

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