Spy in the sky banned in Europe
Google Earth too intrusive for Euro laws
GOOGLE'S PLAN TO PUT detailed street-level images on the Internet will not be allowed in the European Union.
The EU's data protection agency said that Google's Street View, which shows ground-level, 360-degree views of streets in 30 US cities, would break EU privacy laws.
European Union Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said he was confident that Google would work out a way to get around the different rules that operate in Europe. However he said the service it offered here would have to be different from that in the US.
Google has already had to modify some of its images to satisfy the Pentagon and since such technology existed, it should be easy to do something similar to satisfy Brussels, Hustinx said.
Technology which blurs faces on Google Earth has had some amusing results. For some reason the software felt it was necessary to blur the face of a horse as it pulled a cart in Central Park. µ
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Blurred faces
Why, a horse shouldn't be allowed its privacy?I love horses
Horses have rights too!New?
funda.nl already has this funtionality.http://www.funda.nl/Woningaanbod/koop/detail/Buurtfotos/?id=9affe7f3-f004-472b-919d-0c920f04737b&objecttype=DetailKoopObject
Oi axed me horse!
If he'd object his long face being goggled...You guessed it_ he said "nay."
Double Standard?
If privacy is such a concerned that google earth should be banned in the EU, why are the CCTV cameras running? Government double standard?Good for Americans
I think Google should go ahead anyway, but only make the European data available outside Europe.Since the strong Euro precludes many Americans from travelling there, it will create virutal American tourism.
Not sure if this would be legal, but if it isn't, then couldn't Americans fund European holidays by finding their picture on Google street view, travelling to Europe and suing? (Assuming U.S. streets are visible in Europe). Perhaps this would spark the growth of trial lawers in the EU -- America's last great export...
Horse in the City
That wasn't a horse, you fool, it was Sarah Jessica-Parker arriving at the premier of her new film.lol
no that was sarah ojessica parker