{"id":41489,"date":"2009-11-13T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T16:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"52474 at http:\/\/www.webpronews.com"},"modified":"2009-11-13T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T16:05:37","slug":"google-headed-to-swiss-court-over-street-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/41489","title":{"rendered":"Google Headed To Swiss Court Over Street View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland, Hanspeter Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\">, still isn&#8217;t happy with Google.&nbsp;     Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"> has argued that the Street View program doesn&#8217;t do enough to protect individuals&#8217; identities, and despite receiving a concession or two, is now taking Google to court.<\/p>\n<p>Street View was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/topnews\/2009\/08\/18\/street-view-adds-images-from-switzerland-taiwan-portugal\">introduced<\/a> in Switzerland about three months ago.&nbsp; Roughly one week later,         Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/topnews\/2009\/08\/24\/swiss-privacy-commissioner-requests-street-view-takedown\">complained<\/a> that certain faces and license plates weren&#8217;t indistinct enough.&nbsp; He met with Peter Fleischer, Google&#8217;s Global Privacy Counsel, Google <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/topnews\/2009\/09\/03\/street-view-soon-with-more-blurriness\">agreed<\/a> to make portions of its photos blurrier, and the problem was resolved.&nbsp; Or so we thought.<br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ientrymail.com\/webpronews\/article_pics\/GoogleGrindelwald.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\">It turns out that             Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"> also objected to the height from which images had been taken, arguing that a normal person wouldn&#8217;t have the same vantage point.&nbsp; He felt that people in more rural areas could be identified even if their faces weren&#8217;t visible, too.<\/p>\n<p>So, as announced in a formal statement,                 Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"> &quot;has decided to take the matter further and to take legal action before the Federal Administrative Court.&quot;&nbsp; According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/8358908.stm\">BBC<\/a>,                     Th&uuml;r<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 9\" name=\"Originator\"> wants a tribunal to make Google immediately take down all Swiss Street View images, as well (since the case won&#8217;t start or end soon).<\/p>\n<p>This situation could have a big impact on how other countries respond to Street View in the future.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&gt; 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Th&uuml;r has argued that the Street View program doesn&#8217;t do enough to protect individuals&#8217; identities, and despite receiving a concession or two, is now taking Google to court. Street View was introduced in Switzerland about three months ago.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}