A Swiss court announced Monday, April 4, that Google was required to blur faces and license plates of vehicles photographed for its internet service Street View. In a ruling dated Wednesday, April 6, the Federal Administrative Court (TAF) has estimated that the U.S. group was to "ensure that all faces and license plates are rendered unrecognizable before the publication of images on the Internet." Launched in 2007, Google Street View provides panoramic views of streets, allowing users to virtually move around, but this service has triggered a series of controversies in many countries.
ENSURE ANONYMITY "Everyone has the right in its own image" and "in principle it is forbidden to photograph anyone without his approval," the court argued, that Google must also ensure "secure" the anonymity of photographed in front of "sensitive installations". This decision of the TAF, which can be challenged in federal court in a last resort, was not intended to "prohibit entirely Google Street View, but simply not to publish pictures on the Internet that rendered unrecognizable or unable to dispose of it without having obtained the consent of the individuals concerned, "the court.
In May 2010, Google had acknowledged that the cars ("Google cars) traveling on behalf of the streets to take pictures had inadvertently collected personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi in the street. In France, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) has imposed in March fined 100,000 euros to Google for collecting private data with Street View. 
ENSURE ANONYMITY "Everyone has the right in its own image" and "in principle it is forbidden to photograph anyone without his approval," the court argued, that Google must also ensure "secure" the anonymity of photographed in front of "sensitive installations". This decision of the TAF, which can be challenged in federal court in a last resort, was not intended to "prohibit entirely Google Street View, but simply not to publish pictures on the Internet that rendered unrecognizable or unable to dispose of it without having obtained the consent of the individuals concerned, "the court.
In May 2010, Google had acknowledged that the cars ("Google cars) traveling on behalf of the streets to take pictures had inadvertently collected personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi in the street. In France, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) has imposed in March fined 100,000 euros to Google for collecting private data with Street View.
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