US EditionMan Gets $12,500 From Google After Street View Exposed His Bare Butt To The World
ARGENTINA, JUL 28 – An Argentine court ruled Google violated privacy by publishing an unblurred photo of a naked officer behind a 6.5-foot wall, awarding him $12,500 in damages.
- An Argentine police officer sued Google after a 2017 Street View photo showed him naked in his backyard behind a 6.5-foot fence without blurring.
- The officer filed the lawsuit in 2019 arguing Google negligently violated his privacy and caused emotional distress, while a lower court initially dismissed the case blaming him.
- In July 2025, an appeals panel overturned the dismissal, ruling that Google's photograph flagrantly violated his dignity and that the fence provided reasonable seclusion.
- The court awarded the man approximately Rs 10.8 lakh , highlighting Google's duty to avoid harm as shown by its usual face and license plate blurring policies.
- This ruling underscores tensions between tech innovation and privacy, potentially setting a precedent for accountability in cases of unintended digital exposure.
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Man Wins Big Payout From Google After It Shows Him Naked In His Yard On Street View - The American Tribune.com
A policeman from Argentina has been awarded $12,500 after he sued Google after a Street View camera filmed him unclothed in his yard, exposing him online. The incident led to ridicule despite a six-and-a-half-foot wall that protected him from public view. For context, the tech giant argued that the policeman’s property wasn’t private enough to warrant the lawsuit. However, an appellate judge overruled a lower court, citing Google’s blurring poli…
Photographed naked without his knowledge in his garden by a Google Street View car, an Argentinian policeman beat in court to obtain compensation for the damage suffered.
For legal reasons, the Google Street View feature within the Google Maps app isn't available in every country. Where Google Maps Street View is available, faces captured by cameras must be censored. A court ruling has just been issued in a case where a nude photo on Google Street View sparked the issue. Privacy Limits in Google Maps: Google may soon start censoring more than just faces in its Street View images for its own good. In Argentina, a …
An Argentinian man has won his lawsuit against Google after being photographed naked in his garden by a Street View car.
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