A Pittsburgh couple is suing Google for invasion of privacy. Not for the untold amounts of information that can be dug up using the Google search logarithms, but instead for the “Street View” feature of the Google Maps.
(Street View is a tool used when looking on maps of various neighborhoods that show actual pictures of locations when you use Google Maps. Want to see the PLUS Office? Type in 5353 Wayzata Boulevard, 55416 in the search box here on Google Mapsand then click “Street View”)
Aaron and Christine Boring have accused Google of an intentional and/or grossly reckless invasion of seclusion and privacy. The larger question is what technology will be the first to cross the line and give insurers fits? You can read the full article (and see copies of the pleading) here on the Smoking Gun website.