February 24, Milan, Italy, a court sentenced Google three current and former executives for breaching privacy laws, and they are sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, suspended. The case for the plaintiff is an endorsement of the group with Down syndrome called "Weiwei Tang association." The organization appeared in 2006 on the Google video site a video, which shows a tendency of autistic students in four people being beaten and humiliated of the screen. The court held that Google did not involve "personal content" of the video monitor, and the negative attitude of the relevant complaints, slow to react.
At the same time, since Google launched "street view" service in Europe, repeated complaints, in addition to anti-monopoly, the EU's current investigation of the company has also increased the invasion of privacy projects.
"Street View" is the Google Maps service to start in 2007. The company's staff to use public transport with the camera running in the streets, and street scenes captured pictures to send to the web. From this service since it was launched, the dispute has been without interruption. Last year in August, and since no ambiguity on the street view treatment for suspected violation of state privacy laws, the Swiss Government asked Google for rectification. Recently, Google announced that Internet users in Germany this year to provide this service, it immediately drew strong opposition from various sectors of Germany.
European Union privacy laws regulators February 11 letter to Google, said it would clear picture of the street to retain copies of the year is not appropriate. The EU data protection agencies asked Google to be with the Data Protection regulatory agencies to cooperate and Google has the time to retain user data under investigation. EU justice Viviane Reding said: "In Europe, we have high standards of data protection. I hope that all companies must abide by the rules of the game."
In addition to widespread complaints from outside of Europe, Google "Street View" in the United States was also criticized. America "Computer World" February 26 article published a computer expert, said that Google Maps Street View on the little, it seems more like a show off its tools to demonstrate their vast empire, and found everything was recorded and placed on-line capability. The expert said that if the "street view" caused by the global legal and privacy complaints, then Google should not continue to support this feature.
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