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Subject: Villagers challenge Google Street View camera
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/09 at 5:55 am
Full from BBC News Online
Angry residents of a Buckinghamshire village blocked the driver of a Google Street View car when he started taking photographs of their homes.
Police were called to Broughton, near Milton Keynes, after residents staged the protest accusing Google of invading their privacy and "facilitating crime".
"Google have taken a tremendous liberty," villager Paul Jacobs told the BBC.
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.
The Street View mapping project allows for 360-degree views of roads and homes using footage taken by a camera mounted on a car
Mr Jacobs said he saw the vehicle driving past his home on Wednesday and his first reaction was one of anger.
"I don't have a problem with Google wanting to promote villages. What I have a problem with is the invasion of privacy, taking pictures directly into the home," he said.
"Google have taken a tremendous liberty in the way they've gone about it.
"If they were simply going to view the street as a street scene rather than drive almost into people's drives and take pictures of the houses - I think that's a different issue."