North Oaks asks Google to remove their images from Street View

North Oaks asks Google to remove their images from Street View

North Oaks residents are asking the search engine giant Google to remove the images taken in their locations from their Street View service on Google Maps.

The city has a unique distinction as the roads are privately owned by the residents. They also enforce a trespassing ordinance.

North Oaks Mayor Thomas Watson said in a statement about their demand: “It’s not the hoity-toity folks trying to figure out how to keep the world away. They really didn’t have any authorization to go on private property.”

Google has been under criticism from several parties over this feature which allows a web user to checkout entire cities through a series of images which are taken by a moving car.

Europe too has warned Google that if they start taking images in their countries, they would have to adhere to the privacy laws of the land.