The court agreed with Google that privacy does not exist
The family from Pittsburgh, who dared to challenge the right of the “all-seeing eye” of Google to photograph their private property and put it on public display through Google Maps , was defeated in court.
The lawsuit was filed in April 2008 and attracted everyone’s attention, because it challenged the fundamental right of Google cars to drive into private territory and photograph everything. In this case, they drove behind the “private road” sign and took a detailed photograph of the house, although in reality no one has the right to enter there. In the $ 25,000 lawsuit, the family from Pittsburgh argued that the photos of the house on the Internet caused them to have a serious “emotional experience” and had a negative effect on the market value of the house. Apparently, the photos came out unsuccessful, this is understandable - after all, the robot photographed (that is, an automatic panoramic camera with 11 lenses ).
However, Google’s position was that privacy could not exist in the era of aerial and satellite imagery. "There is no absolute privacy ," Google said bluntly in its official comment.
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The District Court for Western Pennsylvania issued a verdict (PDF) in which it acquitted Google on all counts. Worse, after this judicial family from Pittsburgh will suffer even greater losses, because now their address and name are also publicly available, and the photos of the notorious “secret” house are posted directly on the website of the government department.
via Digital Media
The lawsuit was filed in April 2008 and attracted everyone’s attention, because it challenged the fundamental right of Google cars to drive into private territory and photograph everything. In this case, they drove behind the “private road” sign and took a detailed photograph of the house, although in reality no one has the right to enter there. In the $ 25,000 lawsuit, the family from Pittsburgh argued that the photos of the house on the Internet caused them to have a serious “emotional experience” and had a negative effect on the market value of the house. Apparently, the photos came out unsuccessful, this is understandable - after all, the robot photographed (that is, an automatic panoramic camera with 11 lenses ).
However, Google’s position was that privacy could not exist in the era of aerial and satellite imagery. "There is no absolute privacy ," Google said bluntly in its official comment.
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The District Court for Western Pennsylvania issued a verdict (PDF) in which it acquitted Google on all counts. Worse, after this judicial family from Pittsburgh will suffer even greater losses, because now their address and name are also publicly available, and the photos of the notorious “secret” house are posted directly on the website of the government department.
via Digital Media
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/52345/
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