Google street view

Key
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a) FALSE Google’s quest to map and photograph the entire world
b) FALSE. “is taking Google to court”
“Switzerland’s privacy watchdog is preparing to battle the internet giant over its Street View service”
c) TRUE “Google had failed to comply with his request”
d) TRUE “...new software which can obscure details such as car plates would deal with Mr Thuer's concerns”

2 a) The commissioner has several demands. First, he wants Google to faint all faces and car plates. He also wants pictures of private areas to be taken away. Finally, he has requested Google to saly in advance which cities they are going to photograph. He wants all this to protect people-s privacy.
b) Google has reacted by saying the system is widely accepted and that the use of a very simple software would be enough to answer the commissioner-s requests.

3 a) ensure
b) unwittingly
c) comply with

4 a) A spokesman for Google said that they believed that Google Street View was absolutely legal, also in Switzerland.”
b) If the service hadn’t allowed individuals to be identified, it wouldn’t-t have proved controversial.
c) Google is being taken to court by Switzerland's federal data protection and information commission