Switzerland to sue Google over 'Street View'

Switzerland's privacy commissioner planning to take Google to court over concerns that Google's 'Street View' feature doesn't meet Swiss privacy policy.

Although Google's Street View is a concern in many countries (i.e. Germany, Japan, Italy), Switzerland is going to be the first nation to take Google to court. Hanspeter Thür, the Swiss Privacy Commissioner, quoted by Ars Technica, states:

Numerous faces and vehicle number plates are not made sufficiently unrecognisable from the point of view of data protection, especially where the persons concerned are shown in sensitive locations, e.g. outside hospitals, prisons or schools. The height from which the camera on top of the Google vehicle films is also problematic. [...] This means that privacy in enclosed areas (gardens, yards) is no longer guaranteed.

Thür has already complained several times since the application became available in Switzerland. He has issued recommendations to Google, but they have not been met. According to the BBC, the trial will start in few months, but Thür's actions could make the application immediately unavailable in Switzerland.