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NEWS ABOUT: Street View

Street View stories: 14 news summaries

 Google Street View  
 Nabs Dutch Thieves 

Boy found photo later, alerted cops

Jun 22, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Google Street View that has infuriated many privacy advocates has helped solve a crime, the BBC reports. A Dutch boy, 14, chanced upon a months-old photo on Street View that shows him with two men right before they allegedly mugged him. Authorities retrieved the original photo from Google—the... More »

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technology • Google • crime • theft • Street View • Google Street View

 Google Will Censor 
 Street View 
 in Germany 

People's personal data will be blocked by request

Jun 17, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has bowed to German privacy concerns and will censor its Street View program to block out faces, house numbers, and license plates of people opting out of the service. The company’s panoramic mapping service has faced opposition as it expands worldwide, the AP reports. When it launches in... More »

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Google • Internet • Germany • Street View • personal privacy

 Take Me Off  
 Google 
 Street View: 
 McCartney 

Ex-Beatle's home removed after complaint

May 22, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add Paul McCartney to the list of people who are freaked out by Google Street View. The Internet giant removed the former Beatle’s multimillion-dollar London abode after his security team complained, the Sun reports. “He was unsettled when he heard Google users could get a 360-degree view of... More »

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entertainment • Google • Paul McCartney • Google Earth • Street View • celebrity

UK Privacy Cops Won't Block Google Street View

Privacy groups overruled in favor of technology

Apr 23, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google Street View can keep capturing everyday British embarrassments, the nation’s information commission says, rejecting privacy groups that hoped the tech giant would be stopped. The agency ruled such a drastic step “disproportionate to the relatively small risk of privacy detriment.” British law allows filming from public... More »

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technology • Google • United Kingdom • privacy • Street View • ruling

 British Village Chases Out Google Street View 'Spy'

Mob of wealthy villagers feared Google could help burglars case their houses

Apr 3, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's attempt to add the scenic English village of Broughton to Street View was foiled by angry villagers, the Guardian reports. Residents, fearing that internet closeups of their homes would be an invitation to burglars, formed a human barrier to block the Google camera car after being alerted by a... More »

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Google • privacy • online privacy • Street View • Google Maps • Britain

Google Removes Naked Kids From London Street View

Toddlers identifiable in controversial Street View map feature

Mar 22, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - As mounting privacy concerns hit Google's new Street View service in the UK, the company has removed pictures of naked children playing outdoors in London. The British government is considering launching an investigation if officials determine that Google has made other images of naked children available to internet users, reports... More »

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Google • Internet • privacy • Street View • child pornography • personal privacy • invasion of privacy

Street View Catches Britons in Compromising Positions

Google removes several pictures at resident's request

Mar 20, 09 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has scrubbed several embarrassing photos from its Street View map feature following the rollout of the service in the UK yesterday, the Telegraph reports. Google received numerous complaints about certain snapshots, including one of a man leaving a sex shop. Google noted that Street View has tools for the... More »

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Google • London • privacy • Street View • Google Maps • Internet privacy

 Google Street View  
 Launched in UK 

23K miles of British roads captured on 3D maps

Mar 19, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google launched its Street View service in the UK last night, allowing Brits to wander the streets of 25 cities without leaving their computers, the Guardian reports. The 3-D maps allow 360-degree views of cities from London to Edinburgh. Specially equipped cars traveled 22,639 miles of British roads over... More »

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Google • United Kingdom • Street View • Google Maps

Google 'Geek' Proposes Via Street View

Engineer uses cameras to capture
his 'Marry Me' sign

Aug 6, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was bound to happen: A Google software engineer has used the company's new Street View feature to propose. The self-described geek held up a "Marry Me, Leslie!" sign as the roving cameras covered his Silicon Valley neighborhood, the San Jose Mercury News reports. When the photos went... More »

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Couple Seeks $25K Over Google's 'Street View'

Privacy-seeking couple claims 'mental suffering' after home appears online

Apr 4, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google gave in to the Defense Department, but can it fight a couple in Pittsburgh? Aaron and Christine Boring are seeking more than $25,000 for invasion of privacy by Google's “Street View” feature, the Smoking Gun reports. The couple says that a “major component of their purchase... More »

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Google • Internet • Street View • Department of Defense • Google Maps • search engine • Pittsburgh • homeowners • invasion of privacy

US Bases
Block Google
Camera Crews

General warns of security breach after base photos go online

Mar 7, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Google camera teams have been banned from US military installations after panoramic views of the inside of a Texas base ended up on the internet, the AP reports. The street-level images show "where all the guards are, how the barriers go up and down, how to get in and... More »

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Google • Pentagon • Google Earth • privacy • Street View • Department of Defense • military bases • Google Maps

Canada Tells Google to
Back Off

Privacy commish
says Street View
could break laws

Sep 12, 07 11:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Canada's privacy czar isn’t as thrilled as your average techie with Google’s Street View feature, the Canadian Press reports: She wants to put the kibosh on the photo archive before it moves north of the border. Jennifer Stoddart has sent Google a letter saying the application “might... More »

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Google • Canada • privacy • Street View • Jennifer Stoddart

Google Maps Turns Cameras on Hollywood

Photo feature expands to SoCal; privacy concerns follow

Aug 8, 07 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has added street-level views of Los Angeles and other cities to its popular mapping service, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising a chorus of privacy concerns that echoes objections to the feature elsewhere. Though a useful navigation tool, Street View "is a visual reminder of how our private... More »

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Google • privacy • Street View • Google Maps • navigation

Google Shows You the World, and Vice Versa

New function zooms in so close that privacy worries show up

Jun 1, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new Google Maps service that offers detailed views from the streets of major cities is provoking worries about privacy—and moving users to close their blinds. The Street View function gets so up close and personal, the Times reports, that one woman was able to zero in on her... More »

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Google • privacy • Street View

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