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Private Neighborhood Wants Off Google's Street View, Google Complies

by Tim Stevens on June 2, 2008 at 09:20 AM


There's certainly been no shortage of fallout from Google's Street View feature on the popular Google Maps. The tool, which lets you view photographs of a rapidly growing collection of streets around the country, has caused plenty of controversy over its questionable handling of privacy, with many finding that questionable pictures of themselves or others were captured without their knowledge. Now, a private Minnesota neighborhood has succeeded in having images of its streets removed from the site.

The neighborhood, North Oaks, is completely privately owned. This even includes the streets, meaning that just casually turning in for a quick tour could see you on the wrong side of the law. There are prominent "no trespassing" signs posted at every entrance, and apparently the Googlemobile ignored these and went in anyway. Neighborhood representatives complained, and you are now unable to scope out the neighborhood via Street View any longer.

Victory for privacy advocates everywhere, or an overly insulated community throwing a fit? Either way, it's no real loss; we can't see too many people wanting to visit there. [Source: StarTribune]

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