Greece bans Google Street View

Google’s controversial Street View mapping service has been banned in Greece until the company comes up with extra privacy guarantees.The country’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) took the decision despite receiving assurances from Google that it would blur faces and vehicle registration plates when displaying the images online.
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Highlighting a growing fear among Greeks of the threat posed by “creeping” new technologies, Athens’s data protection agency has prohibited vehicles manned by Google’s Street View drivers from the country.The all-powerful watchdog said the search engine would have to provide “additional information” and concrete guarantees that the service was not an invasion of personal privacy before expanding the programme to Greece.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/12/google-street-view-banned-greeceGoogle faces Greek Street View ban
Greek authorities have barred Google from taking photographs of its streets over fears about the privacy implications of the search giant’s Street View service. The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) has requested more information from Google.Google told OUT-LAW.COM that it had discussed the matter with the Greek data protection regulator, but had not seen the letter requesting it to stop activity. “That dialogue is ongoing,” the company said.
http://out-law.com/page-10007Greece blocks Google Street View
Google’s controversial mapping service, Street View, which stitches together photos of public roads for online viewing, has been blocked by the Greek authorities pending further consultation.The data protection agency, based in Athens, has prohibited Google’s camera cars from taking to the nation’s streets. It called on Google to provide “additional information” and guarantees that the service did not invade personal privacy.
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