Google admits Street View trespass

Internet giant Google has accepted it trespassed by taking a photo of a US couple’s home for its Street View service. But the company will pay only 64p in damages. A Google official told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that the resolution is limited to...

Internet giant Google has accepted it trespassed by taking a photo of a US couple’s home for its Street View service.

But the company will pay only 64p in damages.

A Google official told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that the resolution is limited to the Pennsylvania case and that they won’t stop taking photos. Aaron and Christine Boring sued two years ago. They say Google’s images of their home were taken from their long driveway, which is a private road.

The couple’s lawyer says Google has “conceded liability as an intentional trespasser,” which was the point of the lawsuit.

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