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Google May Blur Canadian Faces and License Plates

Posted by kdawson on from the blur-me-blur-me dept.

KingK writes "Reuters reports that Google is considering a Canadian launch of its Street View map feature, which offers street-level close-ups of city centers. But the company said it would probably blur people's faces and vehicle license plates to respect tougher Canadian privacy laws."

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  1. Wow! by the+roAm · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now I'm even more glad that I'm moving to Canada -- after seeing this story I looked up a bunch of stuff and apparently Canada has some of the best privacy laws in the world.

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  2. Why not do the same in the U.S.? by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If they have the technology, why wouldn't they do the same across the board? It's not as though there's added value in seeing someone's face or license plate. The article doesn't mention anything about this.

    1. Re:Why not do the same in the U.S.? by speaker+of+the+truth · · Score: 5, Insightful

      A more important question is why doesn't the US have these laws?

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  3. That and toplessness.... by arthurpaliden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only that, decent privacy laws, but in the province of Ontario women are allowed to go topless in public. Pitty it is soo cold that no one really does.....

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  4. Re:Canada does America better. by bendodge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, vote for Ron Paul!

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  5. Re:How? by jagdish · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Last night, I cashed my pogey and went to buy a mickey of C.C. at the beer parlour, but my skidoo got stuck in the muskeg on my way back to the duplex. I was trying to deke out a deer, you see. Damn chinook, melted everything. And then a Mountie snuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me an impaired. I was S.O.L., sitting there dressed only in my Stanfields and a toque at the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippy and everything, calling me a shit disturber and what not. What could I say, except, 'Chimo!'"