For malicious secondary use of Google Maps Street View, litigation also announces on the net where we are shooting now

Google map "Google Map" which can look around the scenery as if actually walking on the roadStreet viewHowever, as a result of various other indications due to privacy concerns, we will do some additional measures from today to respond to requests for consideration for personal information protection and privacy presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications became.

Among them, the groundbreaking point is that it is crucial to know where the Google Map Street View Car is shooting now. It might be possible to reflect something for the street view if you do your best.

A page that lets you know where the Google Map Street View Car is shooting now and other details from the following.
Google Japan Blog: About street view initiatives

The area currently shooting can be confirmed from the following.

Currently shooting area - Places where Street View is available | Street view of Google Maps


At the moment, it seems that it is being taken in the western part of 23 wards of Tokyo, 23 wards of Kanagawa prefecture, southern part of Kyoto prefecture, south part of Kyoto prefecture, northern part and central part of Osaka prefecture, central part of Hyogo prefecture. Although it seems that it seems better to understand a bit more finely, then maybe you are wary of the street view car raids and shooting obstacles etc.

In addition, as for the process of stopping the disclosure of the image, as a result of correspondence up to the present time, it seems that we have stopped the image within 2 business days as a rule from contact except when confirmation is necessary.

Furthermore, we have set out a policy to take quite rigid measures with regard to malicious secondary use of Street View, and expressed as follows.

In addition, Google is preparing a mechanism for declaring illegal and malicious secondary use cases of such street view images from the person who seems to have been damaged. If you contact us through this system, we will review the illegality and violation of the Terms of Service and check whether there is a violation of the illegality and the Terms of Service, then request deletion to the content administrator if necessary, various legal measures including litigation Will be taken. If the site you contacted is obviously illegal and you can not accept the deletion request to the content administrator of yourself, we will consider excluding it from the index of web search in Japan.

There is related item in this "Frequently asked question" about this.

Frequently asked questions - Google Maps - Street view

Although it is said that it involves violating defamation, privacy, portrait rights, etc. as an illegal use prohibited, it is said that it is "not limited to them", and in some cases there is also a possibility of considerable widespread It seems likely.

When using Street View, what is prohibited?

Google does not allow you to use Google's content illegally. (Illegal usage includes infringement of libel, privacy, portrait rights, etc., but it is not limited to these.) For details, Street View is also coveredGoogle Maps / Earth Terms of ServiceandGoogle Maps APIs Terms of ServicePlease refer to the.

At the present stage I do not quite understand exactly what kind of case is supposed to be, but perhaps, I will identify personal information at various summary sites of the uproar that happened in the net, and further close to that address on Google Street View It may be assumed that it is obviously used as a "burning purpose" such as displaying. Therefore, the following sentences are posted.

I found a site that seems to be infringed on my own right. How should I do?

1.If there is a problem in the image itself of Google Maps Street View:
Click "Report a problem" at the bottom left of the Street View image,Apply image not suitable for publicationplease.
2.There is no problem with the image itself, but if you are using illegal usage at a third party site:
Google supports organizing and searching information available on websites created by third parties. In addition, through Google Maps API, Google permits web site authors to access Street View images and use these images. However, the content of the website is managed by the owner of each website. If you believe these websites are illegal, please contact the owner of the website directly with your concerns. For the method of directly contacting the site ownerHerePlease refer to.

* We will not be able to guarantee that deletion will be done, because it will be done according to the policies of the administrator etc. of each content whether or not it will be deleted. Please acknowledge it beforehand.

* A site may display an image of Google Maps Street View,Google Maps / Earth Terms of ServiceOrGoogle Maps API Terms of ServiceIf you believe that you are in violation of the law, you can notify Google about concerns. We will verify that the site complies with Google's terms of service and take necessary measures.

Among the measures announced this time, up to what is written above is still on the extension line so far, but the part which is obviously drawing a clear line from here is the following part.

I contacted the content administrator, but it will not be deleted. What should I do?

We are planning to provide a mechanism that allows us to declare illegal or malicious secondary use cases of such street view images nearby, from the person who thinks that the victim was damaged. If you contact us through this system, we will check the existence of illegality and violation of our Terms of Service on Google, and take various legal measures including litigation, including requests for deletion to content managers I will do. If the site you contacted is obviously illegal and you can not accept the deletion request to the content administrator of yourself, we will consider excluding it from the web search index in Japan.

In other words, Google sometimes makes a trial or a deletion request instead of the person himself photographed, and if it still can not be accepted it seems to disappear from Google search results. I do not know whether only the pages that matter will disappear or the whole site will disappear, but in the future what system will this go on for how Google will take tough measures so far It is expected that attention will gather after it.

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Where is the "FAQ" in Google Maps Street View brochures different from what is on the net?