Swiss Demanding Shutdown of Google Street View

Written by Chad on August 22nd, 2009

We have just about seen country after country having issues and demands with Google’s street view.  Now the next country to step up is Switzerland.

Switzerland’s data protection watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the “Street View” facility it has started offering on its map of Switzerland.

Slashdot has the initial news story coverage.  But the related articles offer up more tidbits of information.  The main reason for their demands it be taken down is that the Internet giant was not respecting conditions set to respect personal privacy in Switzerland.  Browsing through the images finds vehicle plates and faces that should have been blurred, are not blurred.

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