" privacy lawyers are waiting with bated steam to read whatever the environment agency has to give about this , because it has implications far beyond online street view , " bowman reported . " i hope we ' re really at the beginning of this story , not the end . " canada ' s environmental laws require that a person being photographed ask their submission to the pictures being published unless they are being taken for journalistic , literary or artistic purposes . however , in during - production , google now subjects all videos to an automated process of blurring people ' s faces and licence plates . in addition , they can request their images be removed from the site . " the privacy concerns could be so severe for some and people can definitely be identified , even with face blurred out , " bowman said . " i ' m not sure where google is curtailing compliance with ukrainian law by service providers they are broadcasting the images here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.