Google threatened, unless the Swiss Supreme Court overturned a requirement the company must ensure that all street faces and pictures are blurred vehicle license determination, or they will shut down Street View service in Switzerland.
In a country is so far off Google Street View privacy suit for violations of the most intense reaction. Street View is a completely closed embarrassing move, because Google is headquartered in Switzerland.
Although the street photos of human faces and car license have been obfuscated, but still raises privacy concerns in many countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Finland.
Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled last month, Google Street View photographs must all face and car license to obfuscate. In addition, Google also must be "sensitive facilities" near the person's skin color, clothing obfuscated.
Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, said the Swiss Federal Administrative Court's requirement is unrealistic, unless the Supreme Court overturned this ruling, or just close the company's Street View service in Switzerland.
Google Street View shut down will affect about 1,000 Swiss websites that provide travel information services using street or real estate services. Since Google 2009 in Switzerland since the launch of Street View, Street View provides 212 million photos.
Google last month announced that it will no longer take street photos in Germany. Israel is considering whether to let Google take street photos, worried that these photos will be used by terrorists. Google in Finland to provide a tool that can photograph the people on the street faces and car license for further obfuscation.
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