Google Street View Could Be Unlawful In Europe

arallsopp writes "European data protection laws restrict the commercial use of photographs where individuals are identifiable. The law sets extra requirements for so-called sensitive personal data: it demands explicit consent, not just notification: 'If Google's multi-lens camera cars come to Europe and inadvertently find themselves taking pictures of persons leaving a church or sexual health clinic, they may just need to pull over and start picking up signatures.'"

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Big Deal..

[tehwebguy]

All this means is that faces will be blurred. This will be WAY more cost / time efficient than actually getting signatures, or trying to only get shots with no people.

In fact, they are probably working on some sort of automated way to do this right now.