Swiss court to rule on Google Street View privacy

Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 27/02/2011 16:02

[IDG] A Swiss court is considering a request from the country's data protection commissioner that Google should manually blur people's faces in its Street View imagery application rather than use automated technology.

Hanspeter Thuer, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), contends that too many faces are missed by the automated blurring technology and that people should review the images.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211478/Swiss_court_to_rule_on_Google_Street_View_privacy
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/378004/swiss_court_issue_ruling_google_street_view/
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220719/.html

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