{"id":11013,"date":"2011-04-05T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=11013"},"modified":"2011-04-05T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T17:43:59","slug":"swiss-court-orders-google-to-manually-blur-street-view-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=11013","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Court Orders Google to Manually Blur Street View Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following teaser is from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.searchenginewatch.com\/110404-132707\">an article posted at searchenginewatch.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/help\/maps\/streetview\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/google-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps Street View\" title=\"Google Maps Street View\" width=\"295\" height=\"111\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11014\" \/><\/a>  Google&#8217;s Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland&#8217;s Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Google must blur all faces, license plates, and ensure the complete anonymity of people near sensitive facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to the recent ruling, everyone has the right to their own image. So basically no one should be shown without his consent,&#8221; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=n&#038;prev=_t&#038;hl=en&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;layout=2&#038;eotf=1&#038;sl=auto&#038;tl=en&#038;u=http:\/\/www.20min.ch\/digital\/dossier\/google\/story\/Google-muss-alle-Gesichter-verwischen-24171147\">the translation<\/a> of the 20 Minuten Online report.<\/p>\n<p>Among the court approved recommendations for Google to improve Street View:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blur all faces and license plates (currently only 98 percent are blurred).<\/li>\n<li>Guarantee the complete anonymity of people near sensitive facilities (e.g., women&#8217;s shelters, nursing homes, prisons, schools, social services, guardianship authorities, courts, and hospitals) by further blurring people&#8217;s clothes and skin color.<\/li>\n<li>Exclude (or remove) images of private areas (e.g., walled gardens, courtyards).<\/li>\n<li>Google must announce its itinerary in local papers of where and when Street View is scheduled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.searchenginewatch.com\/110404-132707\">Read the full article<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230; Who makes the decision as to what a &#8220;sensitive facility&#8221; is?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following teaser is from an article posted at searchenginewatch.com: Google&#8217;s Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland&#8217;s Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Google must blur all faces, license plates, and ensure the complete anonymity of people near sensitive <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=11013\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Swiss Court Orders Google to Manually Blur Street View Images<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[283,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google","category-internet-genealogical-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11013"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11019,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013\/revisions\/11019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}