Hundreds of pictures from Google’s new Street View service have been removed after concerns were voiced about invasion of privacy. But Google has insisted it was ‘less than expected’. The firm added US Google Maps posted an 84 per cent increase in visits as British web users began checking out places in America. The Street View application allows users to access 360-degree views of roads and homes in 25 British cities and includes photographs of millions of residential addresses, people and cars. Google said some businesses had been quick to make the most of the new technology. A Google spokeswoman said today the number of removal requests had reached the ‘hundreds’, but it had been ‘less than expected’ given the ‘tens of millions’ of images available on the site.
This image of a man being sick outside a poll hall in east London has been removed
Blacked out: This image of a man emerging from a sex shop in Soho has been removed
What must the neighbour’s think? This house in Oxford has a shark tail sticking out of the roof
Street View was launched in America two years ago and has since been expanded to cities in France, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The British version features tens of millions of photos of 25 cities including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Oxford and Leeds. More towns and cities will be added over the next few years, and the photos are expected to be updated every two or three years. Google believes Street View will be popular with shoppers trying to find stores, drinkers looking for pubs, and house buyers wanting to find out more about neighbourhoods.
Source: Daily Mail
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