When Google launched its social networking tool, Google Buzz in February 2010, privacy advocates around the world raised concerns regarding its features. Although Google has since made significant changes, the compromises and intrusions of privacy still remain a troubling characteristic of many Web services and online networking [...]
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Another EU data protection commissioner has determined Google is not sufficiently protecting their citizens’ privacy. Google introduced their Street View system last week in Switzerland and, according to the Swiss Data Protection Commissioner Hanspeter Thür, the pictures do not sufficiently anonymize [...] Google’s Street View faces issues in both Japan and Greece. In Japan, Google’s cameras were mounted too high and took pictures inside of local homes. In Greece, there are questions on how well Google complies with the EU Data Protection [...] Google introduced their Street View technology several years ago, and last year, added face blurring to maintain the privacy of random individuals caught by the camera’s lens. During an art project with Google, it appears there might be problems with the face blur technology’s [...] |
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