PCWorld - Privacy watchdogs in the United Kingdom want to close down Google Street View, only days after the service was launched in the country. Google has already received hundreds of requests to take down photos of various areas in the U.K. and could even face legal actions.
Launched on March 19, Google Street View U.K. brings 360-degree views of roads and homes from 25 British towns and cities. Just like the popular U.S. version of the service, Street View U.K. includes photographs of millions of residential houses, cars, and people.
Although Google blurs most faces of people and car registration plates in Street View photographs, the U.K.'s Privacy International group, a self-confessed "watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations" has publicly filed a complaint with the country's Information Commissioner.
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