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EU warns Google in advance of European Street View debut

Google Street View is both a blessing and a curse. For those of us who get lost easily, being able to see an actual photograph of your destination before leaving the house can be immensely helpful. For others, the prospect of having everything photographed from the street—including possibly themselves—is very creepy. The European Union agrees with the latter folks, and feels strongly that Google Street View—as implemented now in the US—would be a violation of EU privacy laws. That's why the organization reminded Google this week to respect local privacy laws once Street View makes its jump across the pond.

Google's Directions Get a Street View

Ever wish you could get a view of possible landmarks when getting directions from a mapping site or program? Well, Google's heard your plea, and has added Street View to directions in Google Maps.

PeekaCity Adds Google's Street View

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 24, 2008 -- Peekacity.com, Chicago's leader in web-based amenity mapping software for the real estate industry, is the first real estate amenity mapping software to add Google's Street View. Agents and online real estate consumers now have the ability to view street level photos of properties. They may zoom in for detail and "virtually" drive up and down the street to visualize the surrounding homes and the neighborhood. By simply clicking on the amenity or property and selecting "Open" next to the "Street View" tag, the Street View of the selected object will be displayed. Users navigate around the area using their mouse within the display.

Google Addresses Privacy Issues on Street View

Google begins testing face-blurring technology for its Street View option. Street View is a feature that gives users a 360° view of selected cities. The street view feature was launched in May 2007 as an addition to the Google Maps application.

Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. "Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. 'The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you embed the full power of Google Earth and its 3D rendering capabilities into your web pages.' Google LatLong blog announced that each Google Maps mashup can take advantage of the new 3D view by adding a single line of code. 'Our goal is to open up the entire core of Google Earth to developers in the hopes that you'll build the next great geo-based 3D application, and change how we view the world.'"

Google Begins Blurring Faces In Street View

mytrip notes a News.com article reporting that Google has begun blurring faces in its Street View service, which has spawned privacy concerns since its introduction last year. Google has been working for a couple of years to advance the state of the art of face recognition. Quoting News.com: 'The technology uses a computer algorithm to scour Google's image database for faces, then blurs them, said John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Google Maps, in an interview at the Where 2.0 conference...' Google wrote about the program in their Lat/Long blog."

Google Finally Bows to Privacy Advocates and Agrees to Blur 'Street View' Faces in All 40 Cities

In response to a lengthy privacy backlash Google announced it will blur all faces in its Google Maps Street View service. Google says it will use facial recognition technology to identify faces within Street Views and blur them automatically. The process will start with New York City Street Views and then move on to the 39 other cities where Street Views is offered. The process is expected to take several months to complete.

Google Makes Street Views Useful With Directions Mashup

Google has turned Street Views, the virtual street level tours, from a fun diversion to a useful feature by combining them with driving directions. The new features mean that when you're searching for driving directions in one of the 42 U.S. cities that have Street View images, you can now preview each intersection in your route.

EU warns Google over Street View

EU warns Google over Street View Google Maps’ Street View has become popular among drivers but courted controversy when it was found that the photos often displayed individuals on the street and inside buildings. Though many in the US have complained over potential privacy issues, no legal measures have been taken against it as it is considered to be in accordance with the law.

EU Concerned About Googles Street View Images

The European Union has joined privacy advocates in raising concerns about Google's Street View images. In response, Google has begun blurring faces of people captured in its Street View images. Google also removed some images taken at U.S. military bases. Google hopes to head off any regulatory moves.

Google Tests Blurring Faces in Street View Service

Google has begun testing face-blurring technology for its Street View service, responding to privacy concerns from the search giant's all-seeing digital camera eye. The technology uses a computer algorithm to scour Google's image database for faces, then blurs them, said John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Google Maps, in an interview at the Where 2.0 conference.

Google Street View Now Blurring Faces

Google, no doubt responding to the wave of criticism from privacy advocates, has decided to start using face blurring tech to blur out the faces of people inadvertently caught on camera by the Street View cars. It’s probably a pretty good idea anyhow, I keep waiting for the day Street View is used in a lawsuit or courtroom as evidence.

Google's Street View snaps of Paris may result in lawsuits

Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France's strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to publish the photos unedited.

Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits may follow

Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France’s strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to publish the photos unedited.

Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits may follow

Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France's strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to publish the photos unedited. continue

Google Takes Street View Snaps in Paris; Lawsuits May Follow

Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France's strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to publish the photos unedited.

Google Faces U.K. Privacy Fight Over Street View

As Google prepares to launch Street View in the U.K., and has already launched it in France, concerns over privacy have been raised by the group Privacy International, which says it feels Street View violates privacy laws.

Google Faces U.K. Privacy Fight Over Street View

As Google prepares to launch Street View in the U.K., and has already launched it in France, concerns over privacy have been raised by the group Privacy International, which says it feels Street View violates privacy laws.

Google Creates Tour De France Video Maps

An anonymous reader writes "In honor of the Tour de France's start today, Google has used it's awesome Street View technology to compile amazing Tour de France route views. A great description of the technology that went into creating this can be found in this LinuxDevices article. At least, I'm assuming these are the cameras — Google acknowledged using Elphel cameras for book scanning and 'capturing street imagery in Google Maps.' And from the article, the cameras have come along way from the days when crazy cat ladies and other privacy freaks scuppered Street View in San Francisco a couple of years back."

Google's Latest Silly Privacy Problem

Well now that Google's dealt with one ridiculous privacy complaint, it appears it has another to deal with. As Google is preparing to launch its "Street View" offerings in Europe (which let people see photos of the streets they search for on Google Maps), some privacy groups are complaining how its a violation of people's privacy. Apparently the fact that they were photographed out in public hasn't occurred to the privacy group. Even more to the point, as Google has pointed out in response, despite the fact that anyone caught in these photographs was in public, it's recently rolled out a system to automatically blur faces of people who end up in the Street View photos. Overall, the whole complaint seems to be much ado about nothing from privacy advocates who have much more important things to focus on.

Small Minnesota Town Tells Google to Take a Hike

The city of North Oaks, Minnesota demanded that Google remove images of residents' homes used for the Google Maps Street View feature. Google agreed to the request and all North Oaks' Street Views have vanished. The Street View fight was resolved in January but the Star Tribune recently published a very interesting account on the subject.

Delving Into Google Health's Privacy Concerns

SecureThroughObscure writes "Security researcher Robert 'RSnake' Hansen discusses numerous concerns with Google's new Google Health application, which aims to integrate user's medical records online. We discussed Google Health's opening to the public earlier this week. RSnake mentions that Google has found a loophole allowing them to provide this service without having to follow HIPAA regulations, which, combined with Google's track record of having numerous flaws leading to private information disclosure, draws serious concern. Security researcher Nate McFeters of ZDNet's Zero-Day Security Blog also commented on the article, mentioning several past vulnerabilities: ownership of content issues, Google Docs theft, a cross-domain hole, Google XSS, and a Google Picasa protocol handler issue leading to the theft of user images.

Google gives big boost to the Google Mini

Google gives big boost to the Google Mini The Google Mini, a device first piloted over three years ago, is intended to give businesses an affordable way to get powerful Google search technology in their own doors. Years after it began heading out to businesses around the world, Google has announced that they have taken user input into consideration and is giving the device some major upgrades that make it even more attractive.

Google Street View: the cars, the unfortunate pics

Google Street View is coming under a lot of fire, forcing Google on the defensive again, about privacy issues - again.

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