" privacy lawyers are waiting with bated breath to see what the communications commissioner has to hear about this , because it has implications far over my street photographs , " bowman said . " i think we ' re truly at the beginning of this story , not the end . " canada ' s content laws require that a person being photographed give their consent to the pictures being exhibited or they are being taken for journalistic , cultural or educational functions . however , in post - production , google now applies all photos to an automated process of blur someone ' s faces and consent plates . in addition , it can require additional imagery be removed from the image . " the privacy concerns could be too deep for some and people can still be identified , even with them taken out , " she said . " i ' m not sure how google is rationalizing compliance with canadian statute by content providers and are taking the pictures here . "
Google is subjected to Canadian law.