Google may run afoul of EU Privacy Laws (Google Maps)

[liowkc]

Google has been warned by EU data protection chief that the Street View feature of Google Maps run against European privacy laws if it launches in EU countries.

[hwang]

Wow, never thought by displaying street view could be against and contravene the law. I don't see there's any issue to providing information that can help a lot of people.

[liowkc]

The fact is that Google Earth can really zoom into a area to show frightening details. Of course, privacy laws in the EU countries are stricter.

[Antster]

Yes, but if people really wanted to know where I lived they would just go to street.
Google Earth is just like a big visual map.
If people are near by enough to be able to get to my road, they wouldn't need to use Google Earth.

[liowkc]

Originally Posted by Antster

Yes, but if people really wanted to know where I lived they would just go to street.
Google Earth is just like a big visual map.
If people are near by enough to be able to get to my road, they wouldn't need to use Google Earth.

You are talking about how a normal person would do under normal circumstances. But there are many strange people like voyeurs who just like to look from a distance.

[Llamalord]

All you need to do is get someones address and you can easily find out where it is by anything now a days. Its all a pain lol

[Antster]

I still think Google Earth is one of the most useful things on the net, despite all the stalking risks attached to it.

[Llamalord]

It passes alot of time when your bored, thats the only reason that I use it lol

[liowkc]

I think Google Earth's usefulness outweighs the disadvantages. But perhaps there should be some kind of limit on its use; again enforcement of such rules would create more problems.