Google Street View will not be constrained to ensure that all images of faces and licence plates are obscured, the Federal Court ruled on Friday. Instead, people may ask Google to blur their image manually.
The ruling partially overturns a decision taken by the Federal Administrative Court in April last year in a case brought by the Swiss data protection commissioner. Then, the court ruled that Google’s right to pursue its commercial interests did not outweigh Swiss privacy laws and ordered the internet giant to guarantee total anonymity.
But the Federal Court said the lower court’s ruling in favour of a total guarantee of anonymity went too far. It said it was enough to ensure anonymity in a “sufficient” manner in images with faces and car licence plates.
The court noted that Google used technology designed to blur personal characteristics. It ruled that the permissible error rate for such technology should be no higher than one per cent and said it would be disproportionate to impose a rule of total anonymity over faces and licence plates before the images were published on Street View. Full story...
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The ruling partially overturns a decision taken by the Federal Administrative Court in April last year in a case brought by the Swiss data protection commissioner. Then, the court ruled that Google’s right to pursue its commercial interests did not outweigh Swiss privacy laws and ordered the internet giant to guarantee total anonymity.
But the Federal Court said the lower court’s ruling in favour of a total guarantee of anonymity went too far. It said it was enough to ensure anonymity in a “sufficient” manner in images with faces and car licence plates.
The court noted that Google used technology designed to blur personal characteristics. It ruled that the permissible error rate for such technology should be no higher than one per cent and said it would be disproportionate to impose a rule of total anonymity over faces and licence plates before the images were published on Street View. Full story...
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