Google Street View rolls into your driveway

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Jordan Golson

04/07/08 03:20PM

Filed to: Your Privacy Is An Illusion

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They haven't filed a lawsuit yet, like their neighbors the Borings, but the McKees' privacy was seemingly violated by a Google Street View car that drove up their driveway, snapping pictures all the way. Janet and George McKee live in the only home on Goldenbrook Lane, a gravel path that leads directly to their driveway — where the property line is. The Google car drove up Goldenbrook and continued all the way up their driveway to the front of the McKee's three-car garage and basketball hoop. Whoops. The Smoking Gun found and contacted the McKees, who said they found the pictures "creepy." Google claims "it takes images from public streets and only shows photos of locations that are in full view". Well, most of the time. See the full collection of images after the jump. Worst position in Google's legal department right now: Google Maps counsel.

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raincoaster Jordan Golson 04/07/08 10:06PM

I thought only Scientologists were allowed to do this kind of thing.

CaliforniaCajun Jordan Golson 04/07/08 05:11PM

Dear America: Your right to privacy in your home extends to your front door.

If your property is publicly viewable, it can, and will be photographed. Don't like it? Build a giant fence. If and her lawyers can't win this one, you can't either. Streisand

waynelambright Jordan Golson 04/08/08 10:42AM

"They haven't filed a lawsuit yet, like their neighbors the Borings"

They must still be next door listening to the story again and again and again and again, I guess they don't know about [HelpMeSue.com]

zionvier Jordan Golson 04/07/08 06:09PM

They should mount the cameras on a Jeep and take it to some trails in Moab, Utah, hit up the Rubicon trail and do some exploring here in Colorado. Why drive up a dirt road with a street name (... I mean dirt driveway), when you can have some real fun on dirt.