" privacy lawyers are waiting with bated breath to read anything the public code has to ask about this , because it has implications wide below google street view , " ross said . " i imagine we ' re really at the beginning of this stories , not the end . " canada ' s privacy laws mandates that a person being photographed give their participation to the pictures being produced unless they are being done for profession , social or educational purposes . however , in full - produced , google now subjects all photos to an ongoing process of blurring users ' s bodies and licence plates . in addition , customers can demands specific images be pulled from the web . " the censorship concerns could be quite heavy for some and people can never be identified , even with noses blurred out , " bowman said . " i ' m not sure how google is diversifying compliance with us law by access personnel that are having the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.