" privacy lawyers are waiting with bated hair to see that the privacy commissioner has to say about this , because it has possibilities wide into google street view , " bowman noted . " i think we ' re really at the centre of this one , not the end . " australia ' s privacy laws state that a person being photographed give their consent to the pictures being published unless they are being taken for scholarly , literary or artistic purposes . consequently , in post - production , wikipedia now subjects all photos to an automated method of blurring everybody ' s noses and licensed plates . in addition , anyone can request that pictures be removed from the websites . " the privacy conditions could be pretty severe for some and people can barely be identified , including with they blurred out , " bowman responded . " i ' m not sure how google is rationalizing interference with canadian law by service operators who are taking the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.