Armchair explorers with nice monitors should be glad to know that another portion of central Europe is now accessible through Street View. This afternoon, Google announced...
At least in the UK, Google may finally be able to put its recent Street View privacy gaffe behind it. The company's signed a commitment to improve its handling of data, an...
Google's winning streak with respect to the Street View privacy breach might be coming to an end. Although the UK's Information Commissioner's Office and the Federal Trade...
Google's had a difficult time launching Street View in Germany; over the past two years, there have been random outcries, more formal protests, and a first-of-its-kind opt-out p...
At least where one controversy and a single group of U.S. regulators is concerned, Google is off the hook. Today, the Federal Trade Commission weighed in on the company's...
Street View has at times seemed doomed in Germany, with politicians, privacy advocates, and lots of private citizens protesting the program. Fewer than 250,000 people opte...
For better or for worse, the Spanish Agency for Data Protection isn't ready to forgive Google for collecting sensitive WiFi data along with Street View photos. Indeed, it'...
Sometime today, Street View fans should be able to take in sights on all seven continents for the first time ever. Coverage of Brazil and Antarctica will make this possibl...
Data protection officials in the Czech Republic said Wednesday they would not give Google a new license for collecting data for its Street View service because its cameras are t...
Anyone who's been looking forward to browsing Google Street View images of Germany should prepare to encounter lots of blank or ultra-blurry spots. A report's indicated th...
When it comes to Street View and the collection of sensitive WiFi data, Google is, at least to some degree, safe from serious penalties in New Zealand. A police investigat...
A lawsuit that was filed against Google in Spain two months ago is starting to pay off - at least for the organization that filed it. Now Google's been called before a jud...
Various complaints and privacy laws have in one sense failed to deter Google. Today, the company made known that it will still roll out Street View in Germany, but it will...
In spite of the apologies Google's issued and the corrective actions the company's taken, Google's Street View-related problems appear to be growing worse, not going away. ...