Google
Finally Launches Street View in
Greece After Spat
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.
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.
Image: Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press
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