Lithuanian authorities were unable to seize it until the building came up on Street View.
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Across the world, folks concerned with privacy are flipping out about Google Street View.
The real, interactive overlay comes complete with sepia-tinged Street View images and a detailed backstory.
It seems the 315-year-old map was found by divers capturing Google Maps underwater street view images.
Google's Street View, which snaps the whole scene, would seem to pass that test, he said.
Google said the ICO had re-iterated its confidence that Street View did enough to protect privacy.
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation into Google's Street View service.
But the demands became laborious enough that Google eventually abandoned Street View all together in Germany.
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Google said the data came to light when it searched by hand its Street View disk inventory.
Street View Electronic Communications Litigation as further proof that a congressional update of the law is sorely needed.
They could demand changes to the service the way they did in the Google Street View case.
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Authorities cracked down, even pulling over Street View vehicles to make sure they had stopped collecting personal information.
The data was harvested from home wireless networks as Street View cars photographed neighbourhoods between 2008 and 2010.
The company already has significant interests in location services through its Google Maps and Google Street View offerings.
Google has updated its mobile web app to allow iPhone and iPad users to access its Street View facility.
Clicking on one will pull up reviews from friends, Street View and a "see inside" option with 360-degree viewing.
On July 21, Blumenthal sent Google a letter asking 13 questions on Street View and the Wi-Fi incidents.
The Street View tool was first launched in the US in May 2007 and gave views of five cities.
The project is directed by Sebastian Thrun, who also co-founded Google Street View.
Google Street View provides users a street-level view of their destination before starting a route and shortly before arriving.
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Google, for example, currently hires drivers to operate cars that collect images and data for its Street View mapping product.
As a result snippets of sensitive private data were collected and stored for years, without the Street View leaders' knowledge.
Google launched Street View in Germany last month, but allowed those uncomfortable with the service to blur their homes.
In April, Google claimed that its Google Street View cars did not collect or store information sent over Wi-Fi networks.
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It is nearly four years since Google's Street View arrived in the UK, and now it is getting a major revamp.
The move came after a heated public debate about Google Street View , which provides footage from streets around the world.
There was a time, for example, when Google allowed German users to blur their homes out on Google Street View.
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But in Lithuania the government's use of Google Street View has resonated well, and authorities have been aided by the local populace.
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New features include "immersive imagery, " and the map itself is now the user interface -- with Street View and Google Earth integration.
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