Switzerland Sues Google Over Streetview

Google, the world’s biggest search engine, is being sued by Switzerland’s Hanspeter Thur, the Federal Data Protection Commissioner of the country for not ensuring sufficient privacy in its Street View service.

The Commissioner has expressed serious concerns about locations such as hospitals, prison or schools appearing on the service and has decided to sue the company for not blurring the faces and license plates properly.

Google Street View had faced opposition from privacy campaigners in many countries in UK. However, Google in its defense has always maintained that the level of blurring is adequate and that anyone is free to ask Google to remove the pictures of his/her property.

Meanwhile Google has decided to defend itself in court as the company commented that the Street View service had been given the all clear for launch by the Swiss DPA as it complied with the Swiss legal law.

Google also claims that all the privacy regulators and related groups were satisfied before the app was launched in Switzerland.

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The web giant expressed disappointment in Herr Thur decision to sue the company and said that he has changed his position after the launch of Street View.