DashCamMan said:
I know Google Streetview blurs out people's faces and license plates but I'm not sure if they are legally required to do so.
Google has some kind of auto blur type deal for privacy reasons.
slide 4 here
Point 12
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What does Google have in place to ensure privacy and legal compliance?
Street View contains imagery which is no different than what you might see if you visited the property in real life. To help protect user privacy, we have developed cutting-edge face and license plate blurring technology that is applied to all Street View images, and provide easily accessible tools allowing users to request further blurring of any image that features the user, their family, their car or their home. Users can also request the removal of images that feature inappropriate content (for example: nudity or violence). To learn more, please visit the privacy section of our Street View site.
It can be a little hit and miss. Sometimes when i go virtual vacationing to London there are Motorcycle plates that show completely un blurred and on the other extrme side it can accidentally blur junction signs on the M6
In the area of 31 Avery Row, London W1K 4BD, United Kingdom 0.4 ft SW it looks like a Phone Booth is blured out from one side but if you turn around and look at the other side it is not. Just down the street only half of the Audi A4 plate is blurred. (H....) further down the street the white vans plate is partly visible (FX...) but none of the cars in front are at all.
If you take the M6 in Sutton Coldfield, and get off Junction A38 towards Sutton Coldfield at the roundabout there is a Box Van with a black sticker and part of the name blurred out. also there is a silver car with part of the door where the molding is is blurred. The yellow and black part of the sign in the roundabout for Sutton Coldfield is blurred. and then if you go all the way around the roundabout the white box van that was half blurred the name is now fully blurred and the black sticker is fully viable
If you come around the roundabout and go towards Birmingham a little ways up the sign showing the Tolls to get on the M6 is a mess .
Monday-Friday is visible Saturday-Sunday is not
Some tolls under each are both visible and blurred.
