Google Maps Makes It Easier To Remove Faces and License Plates From Street View

Google has changed their policy for removing certain items from Google Maps Street View, specifically faces and license plates. Google says that since the purpose of Street View has nothing to do with people on the streets, and certainly not with running the make and model of cars, it will allow anyone to request a removal without giving any proof that it is their face or their car. That’s an excellent change.
There is one part that is curious:
There was some confusion when Mayer first mentioned the policy change during her keynote. She had said: “We’ve evolved our policy there to be such that (when) a person’s face is seen or a license plate is seen … when we’re alerted to those we are actually taking the panoramas down and blurring the faces and blurring the license plates and then restoring them.”
Later, she clarified that the company does […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg