I am shocked and dismayed about this latest Google venture. Can you tell people how to get things removed?
Linda Morgan
Go to Street View in Google Maps and look in the bottom left-hand corner of the image. Next to the copyright notice there's a link that says: "Report a problem". Click it and a page pops up with some prefigured objections, so you just have to select the ones that apply. Privacy Concerns covers faces, houses and cars. Typical entries include: "I have found a picture of my face (or of my child's) and would like it removed," and "I have found a picture of my house and would like it removed". You can also report Inappropriate Content: "I have found offensive content, such as nudity, in this image." It should be reasonably easy for Google to blur faces and number plates, but removing houses could be more of a problem. In some cases, Google removes the whole image.
