Comments on: Google faces Street View ban in the UK – Does it violate privacy law?

By: GHOST

GHOST — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:02:42 +0000

of course this should be banned, it’s like 1984.
it’s horrible thinking that someone can see into my home, makes me sick.

i want it banned, it’s out of order.

Keiran — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:40:52 +0000

“The law suggests that if the photo is to be used for commercial ends, the person’s consent has to be obtained.”

It actually doesn’t say that at all or anything like it. I’m not sure where this myth has sprung from but it seems to be doing the rounds today.

Mapper99 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:08:00 +0000

Perhaps in the UK there will be more privacy invasions as the streets can be quite narrow as seen in the Google Street View French version: