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- A man was caught in his yard by a Google Street View camera.
- Appeal court judges ruled that the company “clearly violated” the man’s dignity.
- Google will now have to pay about $ 12,500 to the person.
Street View is a feature of a Google Maps that offers a 360 degree of view of any area at the street level. This feature can be useful when you want to find palaces, signs and more. These 360 degrees have been combined with the company’s several photos taken by specially equipped vehicles. Since these vehicles take photos at different times of the day, sometimes these cameras occupy some things they should not. This is exactly what happened to a man from Argentina who has yet received a big salary from the Tech Dev.
As reported CBS NewsOne of Google’s Street View camera caught a naked Argentine police officer at his house around his garden. In addition to catching a bare man in his yard, the cameras also named his house and street. After spraying photos online and sharing on social media, the man sought compensation from Google in 2017, in the debate that the firm had damaged his dignity and was behind the walls 6.5 feet high.
Last year, a court rejected the man’s claims, suggesting that he only accused himself of “to roam in inappropriate situations in the garden of his home”. However, the man went to the appeal court and managed to terminate the decision.
According to the outlet, the judges of the appeal court have now ruled in favor of the man, and it is learned that Google has “clearly violated his dignity”. With this decision, Google will now have to pay about $ 12,500 in Argentina Peso. The judges wrote, “This includes the image of a man who is not in the public place but in his home imprisonment, behind a fence more than an average size person,” the judges wrote. “Attack of privacy … is clear.”
Helping the deal to seal the deal, the judges pointed to the policy of Google’s blurred faces and licenses plates, which, as proof that the company is aware of its duty to prevent the damage. Although Google is now forced to pay, the other two accused entities – telecom company Cable Vision SA and news site L -sensors have been abolished. The court found that although their actions helped to spread the image, it also helped to highlight the Google Mustap. “
On a help document for Google’s Street View, the company notes that users can report to censor a photo. Option allows you to request Google to blur your home imagery.
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