Archive for March 21st, 2009

You’re not Googling us: The Blairs, House of Commons and Google boss won’t have THEIR privacy invaded on Street View (Daily Mail)

Google was at the centre of new controversy last night after pictures of Tony Blair’s London home were mysteriously removed from its Street View web service.

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Google’s Street View proves popular (Channel 4)

Google's controversial new mapping service may have sparked some privacy fears, but it is proving a hit with intrigued British internet users. Google Maps UK received one in every 250 UK internet visits on Friday, with onsite traffic rising by 41%, web monitoring firm Hitwise claimed.

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Google forced to pull Street View images (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched on Thursday, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the service, identifying images of themselves captured in the photos.

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Google forced to black out hundreds of Street View photos after privacy protests - but site gets record hits (Daily Mail)

Hundreds of pictures from Google's new Street View service have been removed after concerns were voiced about invasion of privacy.

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Google forced to pull Street View images (vnunet.com)

Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com , Saturday 21 March 2009 at 11:28:00 Users identify themselves in pictures Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched on Thursday, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the service, identifying...

Saturday, March 21st, 2009