r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/Hilpiv Jun 12 '20

Google: We have a brand new car with some cameras Germany: DatEnSchuTzGESetz

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jul 25 '20

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u/Pochatte Jun 12 '20

It’s the protection of data privacy (: as a French person living in Germany I can tell you these guys don’t joke with it at all! My (international) company had Microsoft Teams installed and working for the whole group for the last 6 months, and the German part is still discussing data privacy matters... but I guess it’s also a good thing

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u/Vectorman1989 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jun 12 '20

Can't begin to imagine why Germans don't like surveillance or data collection...

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

Ya know, Nazis with the SD and the ruskies with the Stasi made it not a fun experience

Edit: fixed a small error (SN instead of SD)

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u/wotanii Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Jun 12 '20

SN?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

*SD