Friday, May 30, 2008

Google Finally Bows to Privacy Advocates

Do you think that your privacy is protected well on the Internet?

Google Maps Street View Gripes service could invade people’s privacy because it takes pictures of street views including the faces of walking people without prior consent and offers the pictures to anyone connecting the service.
People may think that they receive mental suffering and decrease of their asset worth. They request their faces be blurred and an image of their house be removed from the service. Some people sue Google claiming Street Views violated their privacy and devalued their property. In response to a lengthy privacy backlash Google announced it will blur all faces in its service in the third week of May.
A new technology should not
violate privacy laws.

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006970.html

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