| Google has recently expanded "Street View" in the | | | | take the millions of photographs necessary for Street |
| UK; a feature on Google Maps that allows users to | | | | View, have stated that any images that cause |
| explore areas from a street level. The UK are the | | | | offence will be removed on request. They also use |
| 9th country to benefit from this feature with other | | | | face recognition software to hide faces and number |
| countries including, Australia, NewZeland, America, | | | | plates which the Information Commissioner's Office |
| Spain and Italy already having the feature. | | | | ruled sufficient for privacy to be maintained. |
| Already this function which allows you to see | | | | Google's geo-spatial technologist Ed Parsons said "We |
| 360-degree views of 25 UK cities has come under | | | | recognise that people do have some concerns in |
| criticism with some saying it is an invasion of our | | | | terms of privacy, but this is the sort of level of detail |
| privacy. However, I'm sure Google should be well | | | | you would get from driving down a road, the sort of |
| equipped to deal with any issues that arise from UK | | | | picture you would see in an estate agent's window." |
| critics of Street View, having launched it two years | | | | Despite having a few critics, Street View also has |
| ago in America and had one couple go as far as to | | | | many fans such as the Metropolitan Police who have |
| try and sue them for invasion of privacy. | | | | been quoted as saying "it [Street View] actually helps |
| Google, who trolled 22,369 mile of the UK in order to | | | | track and monitor crime". |