Swiss court orders Google to blur images on Street View
Camera of a Google street-view car. A Swiss court said Monday that it has ordered Internet giant Google to make all images of individuals and vehicle plates unrecognisable on its Street View picture map, so as to comply with privacy rules.
A Swiss court said Monday that it has ordered Internet giant Google to make all images of individuals and vehicle plates unrecognisable on its Street View picture map, so as to comply with privacy rules.
"The defendants must make all faces and number plates unrecognisable before the pictures can be published on the Internet," said the Federal Administrative Court in a statement.
The court "concludes that the interest of the public in having a visual record and the commercial interests of the defendants in no way outweigh the rights over one's own image, as the pictures can be made more or totally unrecognisable, and this is a proportionate measure."
Street View allows users to take a ground level panoramic view of some locations on Google Maps, based on still photographs taken by specially equipped vehicles.
Switzerland's data protection commissioner Hanspeter Thuer had complained on several occasions that the service, introduced for Switzerland in 2009, flouted privacy rules.
In November 2009, Thuer announced that he was taking Google to court after the Internet firm refused to apply a majority of measures recommended on how images should be treated.
An appeal may be filed against the Federal Administrative Court's decision.
(c) 2011 AFP
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You aint seen anything yet.
Smart phones will probably have hidden cameras operating on "stealth" frequencies or "stealth" data packets, filming the inside of your house and business.
BTW, doesn't Google have a huge stake in the Smart Phone industry? Oh yeah, they got their own OS for smart phones and pads...Of course.
The smart phones are already being designed with two and maybe even three seperate cameras now, one looking in each direction, so social engineering addicts can both film themselves and something they are looking at simultaneously...
Just remember, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and AT&T are watching...and recording...
What? You don't think they record the contents of your transmissions?
If you think this version of street view invades your privacy, wait another 10 or 15 years. The interior of your house and business will be all of the internet, with our without your permission.
Apr 04, 2011
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No, reality, fool.
All governments spy on one another, and corporations spy on one another, they usually don't get caught though.
Google made a 3-d map of the world with blatant disregard for privacy or safety of people from perps on the internet, and posted this WITHOUT permission from anyone in any of the areas, AND data mined wireless networks as they drove by...
You HONESTLY expect these people to be trustworthy with other data available on systems running their OS and hardware?
You poor, naive creature...
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