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[Heidi]

the street views. :hi:

Google to examine Swiss concerns about Street View

August 26, 2009, 12:59pm

GENEVA, August 25, 2009 (AFP) - Google has agreed to examine concerns about privacy on the new "Street View" facility on its online map of Switzerland, the Swiss data protection watchdog said on Tuesday.

Federal data protection and transparency officer Hanspeter Thuer said after meetings with representatives of the US Internet giant that they would report back within a week on "if and how the product can be improved swiftly."

Thuer's office said in a statement that he was "expecting concrete proposals."

The Street View facility allows users to get a ground level panoramic view of some locations on Google Maps, based on still photographs taken by specially-equipped vehicles.

Thuer complained last week that some faces or vehicle registration plates in Switzerland had not been wiped out or were insufficiently blurred, allowing people to be identified.

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