Google Wants Swiss Government to Lift Restrictions on Street View

Google's ongoing legal battle with European regulators has shifted to Switzerland. Today, the company asked a Swiss court to lift restrictions on its Street View service that have been in place for more than a year. The curbs were originally implemented in response to demands from authorities and privacy advocates, who claimed that the feature violated individual rights to privacy.

Speaking before a Federal Administrative Court in Bern, Google's lawyers argued that the Street View service is comparable to similar features offered by rival companies, and pointed out that all images of individual faces and license plate numbers are automatically blurred.

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