Google wins privacy lawsuit

Google won a significant legal victory when a judge ruled against a Pittsburgh couple who claimed that Street View on Google Maps was a reckless invasion of their privacy. Aaron and Christine Boring alleged in a lawsuit that Google "significantly disregarded (their) privacy interests" when Street View cameras captured images of their house beyond signs marked "private road."

They sought more than $25,000 in damages and asked that the images of their home be taken off the site and destroyed.

But a federal judge in Pittsburgh found no merit to the claims, finding that Google could legally photograph on private roads."Today's satellite-image technology means that...complete privacy does not exist," Google said in its response to the Borings' complaint. 
 
For more on this privacy case:
- check out this CNET.com article

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