Angry residents in Milton Keynes blocked the driver of a Google Street View car when he started taking photographs of their homes.
Police were called to Broughton after residents staged the protest, accusing Google of invading their privacy and “facilitating crime”.
Councillor John Bint told the BBC the camera mounted on a car was intrusive and people should have been consulted.
Google said it observed UK law and only filmed from public areas.
The company also said it had consulted various police forces and provided the means for residents to have their home removed from the service.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7980737.stm
April 5th, 2009 - 11:40 am
What a warped sense of privacy. It’s OK to stick cameras in the face of the grieving 18-year-old daughter of Leslie Taylor. Less than 48 hours after her father’s death, Brogan is on the national media criticising authorities over the apparent slapdash next-of-kin notification procedures. But the affluent village of Broughton, near Milton Keynes, wants to ban photographs of their houses taken from public roads. If Broughton wants privacy it should become a gated community so, just as in the Middle Ages, they can shut the city gates for security. Could this be a redirected backlash against all the CCTV and speed cameras in the UK?