Responding to a firestorm of protest in Germany over its disputed Street View navigation service, Google said Thursday it would extend a deadline for allowing people to opt out.
Google Street View is still harmless, says German consumer protection expert <b>Falk LĂźke</b>, but that doesnât mean the current discussion surrounding it is unnecessary. Instead, we should be focused on creating international rules for online privacy.
Coalition politicians are demanding Google be forced to gather residentsâ consent to have their homes photographed for Street View rather than wait for them to object, as cabinet prepared Wednesday to discuss changes to the law.
German Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner on Tuesday called on Google to improve the options for the country's citizens to opt out from having their homes featured on the internet giantâs online âStreet Viewâ program.
Google's announcement it would soon launch its "Street View" program in 20 German cities has sparked outrage among the countryâs politicians and data protection experts. But how upset are average citizens? And is their privacy truly threatened? <b>David Wroe</b> reports.
As a growing number of German politicians said they would forbid Google from showing their homes on the US internet giant's âStreet Viewâ service, the government on Thursday announced plans for a law to protect citizens' privacy on the web.
Internet giant Googleâs plan to introduce its ''Street View'' to Germany has sparked a groundswell of debate about privacy, with one senior conservative politician complaining on Wednesday that the service would help burglars.
Internet giant Google announced Tuesday it would launch its controversial Street View service in 20 German cities by the end of the year but would give residents the chance to opt out if they were worried about their privacy.
German consumer protection minister Ilse Aigner says that internet giant Google could face "more than 50,000" lawsuits in Germany because of its controversial virtual photo service Street View.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met Google co-founder Larry Page Thursday, amid tensions over its controversial Street View service and Berlin's concerns about data privacy.
Hamburg public prosecutorâs office opened an investigation into US internet giant Google on Wednesday following the companyâs admission that it had mistakenly gathered personal data over unsecured systems with its Street View mapping service.
Google is halting the collection of WiFi network information for its controversial "Street View" mapping service after admitting it mistakenly gathered personal data sent over unsecured systems following a German audit.
A group of ambitious Berlin-based, non-space professionals are shooting for the moon. Meet the youngest team competing to win Google's $30-million Lunar X Prize for landing a robot on the moon with only their brains and private funding.
Vandals in Germany have sabotaged a Google "Street View" car, police said Tuesday, an apparent act of protest against the navigation service that is controversial in the country amid privacy concerns.
German Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner on Monday warned of the growing power of internet companies like Google and Apple, as CeBit, the worldâs biggest high-tech trade fair, prepared to kick off in Hannover.
Germanyâs federal data protection commissioner Peter Schaar on Tuesday called for a review of internet search engine company Googleâs market dominance.
Google's "Street View" service faces a new hurdle in Germany, with Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner branding it on Sunday a âmillion-fold violation of the private sphereâ and demanding the internet giant get additional consent from people photographed.
Google Earth recently added a new feature for history fans: With the programâs historical imagery function, users now can explore the devastating ruin of Berlin just before the end of the Second World War.
Hollywoodâs raven-haired beauty Megan Fox has edged out Britney Spears as the most googled person in Germany, according to the companyâs âZeitgeist 2009â list released this week.
Google is once again facing the possibility that it could run afoul of Germany's strict privacy laws. The culprit this time? The web analysis tools of the US internet giant and other firms.
âGarbageâ and âhysterical propagandaâ was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Internet search service Google defended plans to turn millions of books into electronic literature available online.
Google's online service Google Editions enabling electronic books to be downloaded to mobile telephones and readers will have some half-a-million publications available in the first half of next year.
Berlin on Wednesday opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights.
Google has bowed to demands in Germany to do more to protect people's privacy ahead of the launch of its Street View service in the country, officials said on Wednesday.
German politicians are encouraging the EU to take strong action against internet search engine Googleâs online library project, financial daily <i>Handelsblatt</i> reported on Tuesday.
