Google Finally Launches Street View in Greece After Spat
 

Google Finally Launches Street View in Greece After Spat
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Google has launched its Street View map service in Greece after winning approval from the privacy authority that blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.

In 2009, Greece blocked Google Street View from acquiring new images within the country until the company provided more guarantees on privacy

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After "extensive and detailed" negotiations with the country's Data Protection Authority, which last year lifted objections made to the project years ago, Google officials said the service went live Thursday.

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Google's Director in Greece Stefa**s Loukakos presents to the media the Street View in Athens on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Google has launched its Street View map service in Greece after winning approval from the privacy authority that blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.

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