Advocates of privacy object to Google Street View features, pointing to photographs showing people leaving nudist clubs, protesters at abortion clinics, sunbathing in bikinis, cottages in public parks, people taking prostitutes and people involved in activities visible from public property that they do not want to be photographed and published online. Google states that photos are taken from public properties. However, this does not take into account that the Street View cameras take pictures of elevated positions, allowing them to see fences and walls designed to prevent some areas from being open to the public. Before launching the service, Google removes violent home violence photos, and it lets users flag inappropriate or sensitive imagery for Google to be reviewed and deleted. When the service was first launched, the process of requesting that the image be removed is not trivial. Google changed its policy to make deletion easier, but has since removed the option to request image removal, replacing it with the option to request image blurring. Pictures of potential break-ins, sunbatters, and people entering adult bookstores, remain active and these images have been widely republished.
In Europe, creating Google Street View may be illegal in all jurisdictions. Some European countries have laws that prohibit filming without the consent of an individual in a public property for public viewing purposes.
Google Street View obscures parts of the image that contain car license plates and human faces, to protect privacy and anonymity.
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Argentina
In Argentina, Street View cars began taking pictures four years later than planned. Initially, Google plans to start collecting images on the same day as in Brazil but they do not get government permission. These permits were obtained in September 2013. One day after the Google Street View car began to take a picture of a lawyer from La Plata trying to stop them in his city but on October 4, 2013, justice dismissed his assumption.
Canada
While Canada, like other jurisdictions, has raised the issue of privacy concerns related to Google Street View, the presence of Google cameras in one Canadian city in March 2009 raises a different complaint. Les MacPherson, a columnist with Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, complained in a March 28, 2009 column that the imaging time, at the end of a prolonged winter season and before the actual spring onset would produce a bad image of Saskatoon. and other cities. "What worries me more than the loss of privacy is the prospect of bringing to the world a very unpleasant impression of Canadian cities.With the possible exception of Victoria, they do not show off well in the spring.Google can not choose a more time which is unfavorable to do the scan.Uskatoon unfortunately is typical.For Google to record the image in the city at the most unattractive this is like photographing a beautiful woman who just woke up from a six-month coma, "he wrote. In early October 2009, the first Canadian cities began to appear in Street View; some, including Saskatoon, were not included in the initial launch. One of the cities included, Calgary, includes pictures taken in summer and winter. Image Saskatoon was launched on December 2, 2009.
United States
Google postponed the Street View release from the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area after concerns expressed by the US Department of Homeland Security that some images taken may be from areas that are sensitive to security. In addition, the Department of Defense has prohibited Google from publishing Street View content from US Military bases and requesting Google to remove existing base content. Google has fulfilled this order.
Some cities in the United States where all privately owned roads ask Google to remove Street View images because their approval is not granted. North Oaks, Minnesota may be the first. In this case, Google fulfills.
Aaron and Christine Boring, a Pittsburgh couple, sued Google for a privacy violation. Street View makes their home photos available online, and they claim that this reduces the value of their home, which they choose for their privacy. They lost their case in the Pennsylvania court. "While it is easy to imagine that many properties that appear on Google's virtual map hate the privacy implications, it's hard to believe that anything - other than the most sensitive - will suffer shame or humiliation," Judge Hay decides. Since then the decision was partially reversed and on December 1, 2010 Judge Bissoon decided that Google was a deliberate violator and the company was ordered to pay one US dollar to the plaintiff.
In September 2007, a Street View vehicle took pictures of a burning house in Gibson, Arkansas. As of August 2008, people living in the house asked Google to remove this picture.
In 2010, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stating that Google claiming to download private wi-fi data constituted a violation of the US Broadcasting Act and The Federal Communications Act. The FTC decided not to raise any complaints. Documents obtained by the EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show, despite a request from Congress, that the FTC does not check Google's data from private wireless networks before dropping a case. EPIC filed an administrative appeal with the FTC, challenged its decision, and in May 2011 EPIC filed a lawsuit against the FTC for access to the documents on which the FTC decides.
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Asia
Hong Kong
Prior to the launch of Google Street View in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has taken the initiative to investigate the Google Street View Project, to ensure that it complies with the Privacy Statement (Privacy) provisions in Hong Kong and considers privacy issues that may arise.
Google declares that the Project does not intend to collect information about certain individuals whose identity can be ascertained. The faces of passers-by and the license plate in the photographs can not be identified because blurry technology must be used. Also, there will be at least a three-month gap between the collection of images and publications, to prevent images used to identify the current existence of individuals.
Google also assured the Commissioner that if anyone objected to their pictures of themselves, their cars, houses or children captured by the camera, the associated images will be removed.
The Commissioner concludes that Google Street View does not violate Hong Kong's privacy laws. But he will take seriously any complaints made by affected individuals in accordance with the Personal Data Ordinance (Privacy).
India
Google started taking Street View images in Bangalore, India, on May 26, 2011. A Google executive promised that they would do their best to avoid security issues. However, on June 20, 2011, Street View was blocked in Bangalore due to security problems from the police in Bangalore. Google officials and leaders from BJP, the ruling party in Karnataka, held a meeting on July 19, 2011, to continue Street View in Bangalore. Google officials, however, failed to convince leaders that they would not violate privacy laws.
Google has not received permission to launch the Street View feature in India. The country is concerned about Google's plans to put Indian cities, tourist attractions, hills and rivers in an app where one can roam through 360-degree, panoramic and street-level imagery because terrorists use this map to plan attacks terrorists in India. Official sources said after detailed analysis by security agencies and defense forces felt that enabling Google to cover India would jeopardize the security interests of the country. After the proposed Geo Spatial Plan Bill, 2016 comes into effect, issues related to internet-based applications will be resolved in India. In October 2017 Google is in talks with the Government of India to bring back street view services in India. As India is threatened by terrorist attacks, the Government of India will not allow Google Street View services. In March 2018, the Government of India rejected Google Street View due to security concerns.
Japanese
In Japan, Google Street View began in August 2008 and was made available to ten Japanese Prefectures in February 2009. The available Street View area illustrates residential and business areas, and shows pedestrian faces, indicates vehicle license plates, and plate name of family residence ( ?? , Hy? satsu ) - Google's decision to show this has led to a dispute. Local governments, lawyers and individuals claim Google violates privacy. On February 3, 2009, Google Japan representatives attended a meeting on privacy issues held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government facility, and agreed that privacy concerns had not been adequately considered. Google promises that, before taking photos for Street View, they will in the future notify the local provincial government. Google Japan recognizes that such notices and explanations have occurred in countries other than Japan, but have not done so in Japan because they are unaware of potential privacy concerns.
On May 13, 2009, Google Japan announced that it would modify their cameras to scan from a lower altitude of 2.05 meters above ground level, 95 centimeters lower than the original height of the camera head. The new height is meant to avoid camera viewing the fence in front of the house and into homes. This reduced height is applied immediately, and all previously visited areas will be scanned from reduced altitudes. The scans taken at the original height will remain available until they are replaced with a new image.
On November 11, 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued an administrative guide to Google Inc. that its Wi-Finya data collection activities are contrary to telecommunications laws that require the confidentiality of communications, and request to delete recorded data, to take steps to prevent the recording of communications data, and to allow public notice in Japanese.
Australia
Australia does not have a law that prohibits Google Street View. But in October 2010, however, Google Street View stopped operations in Australia, after months of investigations by Australian authorities. However, on May 4, 2011, Google announced that it plans to start production again and on July 27, 2011 Street View imagery for Australian cities and cities has been updated.
Europe
Austria
In Austria Street View is banned immediately after launch after Wifi data is collected without permission. The ban has been revoked but strict rules are enforced that cause Street View is not implemented even if there is data available.
Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, Street View was banned in September 2010 by the Czech Office for the Protection of Personal Data after more than half a year of failed negotiations between the Czech Republic and Google. The office describes Google's program as taking pictures "beyond the reach of regular sights from the street", and that "disproportionately invade the privacy of the citizens." However, images taken before this decision (mostly in 2009) may still be available online but Google is obliged to remove any images from that period if they are debated. In May 2011, the ban was lifted after Google dropped the camera by 30 centimeters.
European Union
A recent request from the European Union will require Google to warn local residents before sending a camera. It also requires Google to keep an unobtrusive photo version of no more than 6 months instead of a year. This requirement was abolished on 1 January 2012. Google instructed to provide advance notification online and in the local press prior to shooting.
In 2010, Google announced that it may cancel Google Street View services in the European Union due to uncontrolled requests from the European Commission.
The Data Protection Guidelines say that an identifiable person has the right to data protection.
Denmark
According to a Danish media lawyer, Oluf JÃÆ'¸rgensen, Google's practice of photographing people on private property is illegal. Danish data authorities advise people photographed by Google, to turn Google into a cop. Since then, Google has no legal issues and continues filming.
German
In an April 2009 interview for the German magazine Focus , Google Global Privacy Advisor Peter Fleischer commented that "public opposition to Google Street View in Germany, though not hysterical, is stronger than in any other country." On the same occasion he stated that the project is now "basically in harmony with data privacy advocacy concerns," and that "a special privacy tool will be developed for German launches while imaging continues at the fastest possible pace. The option to delete certain images will also apply to locations in Germany.
German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle said, "I will do everything I can to prevent it." However, Home Affairs Minister Thomas de MaiziÃÆ'¨re said that people should not be "hysterical" about the issue and called for "caution in introducing blanket rules that allow rejection."
As of October 2010, 244,237 German households have opted out of Street View. Google fulfills it by obscuring the facade on the appropriate Street View image. This procedure is misleadingly called 'pixelating' in German (German: 'Verpixeln').
At a forum on privacy held in Berlin by the Green Party, an audience member asked whether future historians would blame the current generation for leaving the German cities in digital ruins when the bomb made a real landscape in World War II.
In April 2013 Google was fined EUR145,000 for recording information illegally from an unsecured wireless network.
Greek
Google has stopped collecting images in Greek cities for Street View services to provide further guarantees about privacy.
However, on January 18, 2010, the government legalized the service provided that adequate privacy protection will be realized. This service is activated from June 2013.
Lithuania
In May 2012, the Lithuanian Data Protection Inspectorate (SDPI) denied permission for the Google Street View project to operate in Lithuania. The Transport Ministry asked the Inspectorate to review its decision. The decision was changed and Google can then take street photos in Lithuania.
Polish
In May 2009, GIODO Poland (G? ÃÆ'³wny Inspectorate Ochrony Danych Osobowych - Chief Inspectorate for Personal Data Protection) revealed doubts about Google Street View and its privacy, mostly concerned about the same issues as in other EU countries. However, from 2010 onwards, Google cars appeared on the streets of Poland with the consent of the state authorities and consulted with the Ministry of Sport and Tourism.
In 2011 GIODO began monitoring the Street View service and published a report that included a non-binding request that Google should clearly communicate and warns when to take a picture in a certain area at any given time. It is also proposed that car drivers should be added to the records of persons who process personal data in accordance with Polish law.
Switzerland
In November 2009, Federal Data and Information Protection Federal Commissioner Hanspeter ThÃÆ'¼r announced that his agency would sue Google for being in Street View "many faces and license plates were not made adequately recognizable from a data protection standpoint".
United Kingdom
In the early days of the launch the British service drew criticism because of privacy. Picture found a man leaving the sex shop, a man throwing up and another man arrested. Some images are deleted including those around Downing Street.
The service draws criticism in Belfast that represents a "rash" security risk, mainly because it shows the exterior of military bases and police stations so quickly after the killing of two soldiers at Massereene Barracks 2009 barracks, and a police officer.
Immediately following the launch of a human rights watchdog, Privacy International sent a formal complaint about the service to the Office of the British Information Commission (ICO), citing more than 200 reports from identifiable community members on Street View images. International Privacy Director Simon Davies said that the organization has filed complaints for "embarrassing and destructive" Street View has caused many Britons. He said Street View was less than the assurance provided by Google to ICO in July 2008 that it had allowed the launch, that privacy would be protected by blurring the face and license plate, and requesting the system to be "switched off" when the investigation was completed. He said some cases where the Google system obscures faces have failed meaning the data used by Street View will fall under the UK Data Protection law, which requires subjects to grant permission for the use of information about them.
Davies then sent an open letter to Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, accusing the company of journalists briefing him, claiming Davies could support Microsoft. Google has pointed out the relationship between Microsoft and the data protection consultant 80/20 Thinking , run by Davies, and says that Davies connection to Microsoft should be made clear in public, because the credibility of his criticism is undermined by the fact that he acted as a consultant to a company that is a direct rival and a Google critic, the fact that Davies is rarely disclosed in press releases or comments.
On April 3, 2009, it was reported in the media that Broughton villagers in Buckinghamshire formed a human barrier to stop Google's car from photographing the village, expressing concern that it "invaded the villagers' privacy" and "facilitated the crime". As also reported in the media, opposite reactions come from some internet users, who have asked people to "get down to the village to take their own legal photos". Broughton now appears in Google's Street View service.
On April 23, 2009, the Information Commissioner decided that while Google Street View carries little risk of a privacy invasion, it should not be stopped. They decided that "There is no law against anyone who takes photos of people on the street as long as the person using the camera is not harassing people". They also decide that Google Street View does not violate the Data Protection Act, since home images held in Street View are not a matter of data protection, because data protection is about people's personal information.
On May 21, 2009, Street View privacy issues received attention in the tabloids, after it was revealed that Google's facial recognition technology automatically obscured the " The Colonel face on the shopboard KFC store" to protect his privacy ", despite the fact that Harland David" Colonel "Sanders, whose image" Colonel "was based, died in 1980. A spokesman for Google defended the decision as" it shows how good the technology recognition of our faces ".
In March 2010, Google was forced to remove images of military installations, security and intelligence that admitted they had ignored warning signs that photographing websites violated the Official Secrets Act with concerns that published photographs could be useful to terrorist.
See also
- Google Criticism
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