phishhead
September 25th, 2007, 18:52 PM
Answering Canada's concern about Internet maps, Google declares it will follow local laws.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:00 AM PDT
Google Inc. (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Google+Inc..html)'s Street View application, which has raise privacy concerns because of the street-level views of locations it provides, will respect the local laws of the countries wherever it is available, the company's privacy counsel said today in a company blog.
Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Global+Privacy+Peter+Fleischer.html) appears to be responding to concerns raised by Canada (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Canada.html)'s privacy commissioner about the implications of Street View (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9031061).
In a recent letter to Google, Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Jennifer+Stoddart.html) said Street View may violate that country's privacy law (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9036678), which prohibits the commercial use of personal data without permission from the individual. Stoddart was likely making preemptive strike since the application isn't offered in Canada yet.
Full Story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137614-c,onlineprivacy/article.html
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:00 AM PDT
Google Inc. (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Google+Inc..html)'s Street View application, which has raise privacy concerns because of the street-level views of locations it provides, will respect the local laws of the countries wherever it is available, the company's privacy counsel said today in a company blog.
Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Global+Privacy+Peter+Fleischer.html) appears to be responding to concerns raised by Canada (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Canada.html)'s privacy commissioner about the implications of Street View (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9031061).
In a recent letter to Google, Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Jennifer+Stoddart.html) said Street View may violate that country's privacy law (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9036678), which prohibits the commercial use of personal data without permission from the individual. Stoddart was likely making preemptive strike since the application isn't offered in Canada yet.
Full Story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137614-c,onlineprivacy/article.html