Germany had most of the privacy laws before gdpr already, they just werent really enforcable for international companys. Also there was a ruling from the highest court in the 70s saying “you are your data”. Which basically said that you have a right to have a say in what happens with your (personal) data and you can not give this right away. This doesn’t seem to hold for data the government collects though, but thats the same in switzerland. Also both germany and switzerland happily collaborate with US-Intelligence :/
Germany had most of the privacy laws before gdpr already, they just werent really enforcable for international companys. Also there was a ruling from the highest court in the 70s saying “you are your data”. Which basically said that you have a right to have a say in what happens with your (personal) data and you can not give this right away. This doesn’t seem to hold for data the government collects though, but thats the same in switzerland. Also both germany and switzerland happily collaborate with US-Intelligence :/
Germans certainly were the people who freaked out the most when Google started photographing their streets and houses for Google Streetview
And then nothing happened except some faces and license plates being blurred :\
have you tried using street view in Germany?
I’ve tried it. Lots of houses are blurred, which is slightly annoying, but understandable for privacy concerns
No why? I saw them driving around in my town some months ago though.