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06/08/2008
ICO claim Google's street view service will not break privacy laws |
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Google's street view service will not break privacy laws according to the UK's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) vnunet.com reported.
The service, which provides 360 degree street-level photographic views of streets with navigation overlays, was launched in the US in May 2007.
There has been concern among some data protection lobby groups that the service will invade individual personal privacy.
Having been in discussions with Google, ICO has reported it is satisfied the search engine will not violate the rights of individuals.
In May 2008 Google gave individuals the right to object to an image and gave them the power to have it removed. In addition they blurred out faces and car registrations to prevent identification.
A statement from ICO claimed that: "Although it is possible that in certain limited circumstances an image may allow the identification of an individual, it is clear that Google is keen to capture images of streets and not individuals."
It concluded: "Further, there is an easy mechanism by which individuals can report an image that causes them concern to Google and request that it is removed."
A US couple sued Google in April this year and received $25,000 (£12,800) and ordered the search engine to destroy images which showed their property. |
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