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Google's StreetView Imagery Removing Process

posted by Satri on Monday June 18, @11:08AM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the can-you-stop-watching-me-please? dept.

Google's recent StreetView feature generated a lot of ink lately. All Points Blog links to a Wired article describing how people can indicate Google to remove imagery where they can be seen. From the article: "Google has blinked, backing down from its demand for my driver's license and a sworn statement and agreeing not to use the information I submit for any purpose other than processing my request." Google product counsel Daphne Keller personally phoned Bankston to tell him about the change in policy, and then Google's help desk sent him the new requirements: [...] (1) Your name (2) The location of the image in our service [...] That means Google has no content-based standard for a take-down, and no verification that the requester is the person pictured."

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