Privacy Issue for Google Street View
Europe’s data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx, urged Google Thursday to respect local privacy rules as it prepares to launch its Street View function this side of the Atlantic.
Although he hasn’t been in direct contact with the Internet search giant about Street View, Hustinx is very aware of it.
“Street View is only available in the U.S. still, but I understand that it will work differently when it’s launched in Canada, so there is a capacity to deploy the service in different ways to suit different privacy laws,” Hustinx said in a press conference, adding: “I’d encourage Google to work closely with European data-protection authorities too.”