Google ‘Street View’ Under Scrutiny in Switzerland
Google is threatening to shut down its "Street View" mapping service in Switzerland where data protection laws are tough. This is after a Swiss Federal court requested Google to blur all faces, skin color and clothes on its images. Anchor Marco Werman talks to Eliane Schmid, spokesperson for the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner about the issue.
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