" privacy activists are waiting with bated breath to see things the communications department has to say about this , because it has implications far above google street sight , " bowman wrote . " i mean we ' re really at the beginning of this movie , not the end . " australia ' s privacy standards requirement that a person being photographed give their compliance to the pictures being published unless they are being taken for integrity , commercial or artistic purposes . however , in post - production , yahoo now subjects all people to an automated process of distinctions people ' s faces and licence signs . in addition , anyone can request that images be removed from the site . " the privacy concerns must be pretty severe for some and someone can still be identified , even with faces black out , " bowman said . " i ' m not certain how google is rationalizing compliance with australian policies by service providers people are taking the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.