" internet lawyers are waiting with bated breath to think who the privacy commissioner has to hear about this , because it has implications even beyond google and view , " bowman said . " i think we ' re really at the beginning of this story , not the end . " canada ' s privacy laws specify that a person being photographed give their consent to the pictures being broadcast unless they are being taken for prosecutorial , literary or artistic interests . thus , in post - production , yahoo now subjects all photos to an illegal task of blurring people ' s faces and licence straps . in addition , anyone can need any images be retrieved from the web . " the privacy laws could be extremely significant for some and those can still be identified , even with pictures blended out , " i said . " i ' m not saying how anything is rationalizing violation with canadian regulations by service providers who are putting the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.