December 3, 2007
Google Considers “Anonymizing” StreetView In US
Google's StreetView program has been shadowed by privacy concerns arising from the capture of license-plate numbers, people's faces and other potentially embarrassing images. To address these issues, Google set up a system where users could request images be removed. However arguably the embarrassment or damage has already been done by that point. Now, as Google expands StreetView globally, IDG News reports the company faces more stringent privacy regulations in Canada and Europe that will require the company to preemptively blur or otherwise remove personally identifiable images before they're published.
Filed under Search Engines by Greg Sterling
