Women who clean at home or work face increased lung function decline

Re:Women who clean at home or work face increased lung funct... by dgudkov on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:23AM (#16406426)

I noticed that entire building facades on your street are hidden in Google Street View (https://imgur.com/a/NzDZP).

I'm curious why is that so? Is it possible due to GDPR?

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Re:Women who clean at home or work face increased lung funct... by detaro on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:39AM (#16406507)

Way older than GDPR, opting out has been possible for Streetview as long as it is available in Germany. Many people didn't like the idea of Streetview, and the legal status isn't entirely clear (exceptions for photography in public are fairly limited in Germany), so Google added this instead of risking larger PR and legal problems.

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Re:Women who clean at home or work face increased lung funct... by lobster_johnson on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:29AM (#16406754)

You can actually opt out of Street View. This is very common in Germany [1] [2], but I'm also seeing it in Brooklyn.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Street_View_privacy_c...

[2] https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/germanys-complicat...

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Re:Women who clean at home or work face increased lung funct... by ancarda on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:31AM (#16406464)

Possibly German privacy laws? AFAIK they are fairly strong

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