Summary Box: Privacy-obsessed Germans wary of Google Street View
By APFriday, August 20, 2010
Summary Box: Germans wary of Google Street View
THE BACKDROP: Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy. That’s because of memories of Nazi-era denouncements of neighbors and East German secret police snooping.
NEW FEARS: Some citizens are disturbed by the idea that Google Inc.’s Street View might help strangers locate them in their homes.
GOOGLE’S RESPONSE: Under strong government pressure, Google made Germany the only country where people can request to have images of their homes deleted before it goes online in November.
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