" those lawyers are working with bated gasp to see what the privacy commissioner has to say about this , because it has implications long beyond their street photos , " lowe said . " i think we ' re really at the beginning of this thing , not the end . " canada ' s information laws required that a person being photographed provide their consent to the photographs being published unless they are being taken for journalism , literary or artistic purposes . however , in non - production , google now applies all photos to an illegal period of transcends people ' s heads and licence plates . in addition , anyone can request specific images be eliminated from the site . " the privacy issues might be less significant for some and everyone can possibly be photographs , even with bodies filled out , " bowman said . " i ' m not knowing how this is rationalizing compliance with canadian law by service professionals those are taking the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.