Switzerland's data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thuer, had filed the complaint against Google after determining that the company's automatic face blurring software wasn't 100 percent accurate.

Google seems aware of this. When you look at a map of Switzerland on Google Maps, the Romansch name for the country (Svizra) isn't even included.

The interface for Street View in Google Maps is a little easier to share in blogs, and tweets thanks to the embed feature. First, here is a coverage map for Street View around the world: ...

And now, Switzerland has served up the biggest smackdown to date, ordering Google to obscure all faces and license plates photographed for Street View within the country's borders.

Switzerland is taking Google to court over privacy concerns related to Google’s Street View service. The BBC reports that Swiss privacy official Hanspeter Thuer is leading the country’s case.

Click and drag the marker to where you think Switzerland is on this map of the world. When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has ...

BERN, Switzerland — Google said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country’s strict ...

Google first came under fire over Street View privacy concerns in Switzerland in 2009 and has faced similar complaints in other countries. ‘We will try our very best to preserve Street View for ...

Google has received a court order that says it must guarantee that faces and license plates are unrecognizable when it publishes scenes in Switzerland in its Street View maps.

Looks like Google Street View is in the news again today, but for all the wrong reasons. A Swiss agency has threatened to sue Google because it hasn't taken to proper privacy considerations into ...

GENEVA — Photographs of streets and houses in Switzerland could disappear from Google’s maps unless the country’s supreme court overturns a ruling requiring an absolute guarantee of ...