{"id":803,"date":"2008-04-19T13:39:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/04\/19\/googles-street-view-raises-privacy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:27:48","slug":"googles-street-view-raises-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/19\/googles-street-view-raises-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Street View raises privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/streetview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/streetview.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In May of 2007, the search-engine behemoth Google launched a new Google Maps service called Street View. As the name suggests, Street View offers users the option of looking at photographs of streetscapes taken at ground level when searching for directions on Google Maps. Although still in its initial stages, Street View has already accumulated images from 27 cities across the USA, and is slated to debut images from Canadian cities some time this year.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Street View has caused some concerns over privacy. Images of people caught in less-than-honourable activities (such as a break-in, an arrest, speeding cars, exiting an adult book store and a strip club, etc.) have been showcased throughout the internet, sparking discussion about the right to privacy in public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent case involves a Pittsburgh couple whose house was photographed and added to the myriad images that make up the Pittsburgh area Street View. Aaron and Christine Boring are now suing Google for \u201cinvasion of privacy,\u201d claiming that the company used a clearly marked private road to drive up to their home and take photographs of their property. The Borings also claim that they have endured \u201cmental suffering\u201d and that the value of their property has suffered since their home was featured on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>As we patiently wait for our own version of Street View, it is worth noting that Canada, like many European cities and unlike the USA, has strict laws concerning an individual\u2019s right to privacy. Although pictures are not the focus of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act, these rules stipulate that consent is required before a private company can distribute personal information. In response to a letter from the Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and growing public apprehension about the service, Google announced in September 2007 that identifiable faces and licence plates appearing in any Street View of a Canadian city will be blurred.<\/p>\n<p>These cases raise compelling questions about our right to privacy in public spaces. Do you believe that Street View compromises people\u2019s privacy? Or do the benefits of the service outweigh the possible costs?<\/p>\n<p><i>A version of this post was originally published on Spacing Toronto by <b>Patricia Simoes<\/b>. Photo by Josh Bancroft.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May of 2007, the search-engine behemoth Google launched a new Google Maps service called Street View. As the name suggests, Street View offers users the option of looking at photographs of streetscapes taken at ground level when searching for directions on Google Maps. Although still in its initial stages, Street View has already accumulated<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/19\/googles-street-view-raises-privacy-concerns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Google&#8217;s Street View raises privacy concerns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7838],"tags":[2238,2235,283,2233,556,2232,1405,19,18,2234,2236,2237,2240,2239,152,307],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","tag-a-new-google-maps-service-called-street-view","tag-aaron-boring","tag-canada","tag-christine-boring","tag-google","tag-jennifer-stoddart","tag-josh-bancroft","tag-new-media","tag-other-cities","tag-patricia-simoes","tag-pittsburgh","tag-privacy-commissioner","tag-search-engine-behemoth","tag-street-view","tag-toronto","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google&#039;s Street View raises privacy concerns - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/19\/googles-street-view-raises-privacy-concerns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google&#039;s Street View raises privacy concerns - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In May of 2007, the search-engine behemoth Google launched a new Google Maps service called Street View. 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