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EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy
upto0013 notes the latest spot of trouble for Google in Europe: the EU says that Google's Street View images violate privacy laws. The EU's privacy watchdog asked Google to notify cities and towns before photographing (Google says it does this already) and to delete original photos after 6 months (Google keeps them for a year and says it has reason to do so). "[T]he privacy official] said that the company should revise its 'disproportionate' policy of keeping the original unblurred images for up to a year, saying improvements in Google's blurring technology and better public awareness would lead to fewer complaints — and a shorter delay for people to react to the photos they see on the site. Complaints about the images put online would usually be checked against the original photos."
"...improvements in Google's blurring technology"
I love when governments make statements like this.
"Fix this techy thing we have no idea about and make it better. Should be easy right?"
Or better yet. Let's absolve them of any regulation, since they're an American company. Wouldn't want to hurt them patriotic feelings.
My UID is prime. Hah!
Osama or Obama?
Not that I disagree with you in either case...
MCSE? No, sir...I don't do Windows. Yes, I am an idealist. What's your point?
If you are in view of the public there should never be any expectation of privacy. That which is private is never communicated to another person either visually, in print or in spoken words. Maybe we can declare that all people have the right to be caught,embarrassed and humiliated. Frankly a real good dose of public humiliation might be good for a whole lot of people.