Eichenau objects to Google Street View

Thu 13th May, 2010

Eichenau municipality objects to the release of Google's "Street View" pictures, following its forerunner the municipality of Gröbenzell.

As a landowner the municipality doesn't want pictures of the local school and day-care centre to be published on the internet. The homepage 'www.eichenau.de' and a flyer point out that it is possible to file an objection against the publication of photographs of houses and land property in Google Street View.


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