“But something else,” says Justin de Weert. “Our path home is suddenly also visible on the map as an access road. That was never the case.” And indeed; On the map view of Street View, public roads are referred to as gray and light gray. This also applies to the driveway of the De Weert family.
Google says in a written response: “We take privacy very seriously and Street View drivers are trained to avoid private roads. Sometimes these roads are mistaken for public narrow roads or alleys. We have the images that we could determine that they were part of a private road. “
Still no response from Google
Earlier this month told Bas Bouthoorn from Middenmeer That there are photos of his private property on Street View. The driveway of his arable farm on the Alkmaarseweg was suddenly visible as ‘public road’. “One of the idea that everyone can just watch on your site. What is on my site where my cameras hang: there is all sensitive information on those images,” said Bouthoorn.
The photos of the yard can still be viewed on Google Street View. Google tells NH that they think it is a public road. Bas Bouthoor has approached Google again in recent weeks to remove the photos and nAlways not received a response.