Thursday, May 15, 2008

Google starts blurring faces on Street View

According to the CBC, Google has started implementing an algorithm to automatically blur peoples' faces in Google Street View. This follows complaints that the online service violates privacy by showing people without their consent. See: Google starts blurring faces on Street View.

For some background, see: Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Google Street View raises privacy concerns, Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Google modifying street view to meet Canadian privacy expectations.

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