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Google gives the Swiss Justice: Street View will be censored

More privacy for Swiss citizens: Google will review all the photographs published concerning Switzerland.

MOUNTAIN VIEW - "Google subjected to final and binding decision of the Swiss court, agreeing also to practice it for the pictures already provided." This was stated in an official note Haspeter Thuer, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection.

The Colossus of Mountain View has decided to give in to diktats received several weeks ago by the Swiss justice, that the privacy of citizens of Switzerland was strongly put at risk by viewing the service road known as "Google Street View." Google will follow so the decision of the Swiss court, particularly as regards the visibility of faces and license plates.

Another disputed point was the height of the camera, which ended up back on the other side of the windows or fences Rendola then public, in clear breach of confidentiality. According to Google, lowering the level of recovery would have posed other problems as it approached the camera to face the people.

According to the agreement, Google will continue to take photographs of Swiss roads but will feel a week before the people and they will be able upload images online until the end of the process. It 'is unlikely that the court arrives at a final decision later this year.

For its part, Google's legal leaders said they were "honored to have reached this agreement," adding that he had continually improved the software to automatically obscure faces and license plates.

The person responsible for the privacy Hanspeter Thuer had urged the Federal Administrative Court in November, saying that Google had not put into practice the recommendations made to protect the privacy of individuals.

Google initially responded that he had no intention of giving in to demands Swiss, but after negotiations have finally reached an agreement with the authorities.

Red. Tec.

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