News reports from Germany indicate that the Cabinet has rejected plans to tighten laws against Google’s Street View service. Instead there are plans to craft new guidelines on Internet mapping services this Fall, with talks between the government and experts scheduled for Sept. 20.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere plans to invite companies such as Google and Microsoft, as well as data protection and consumer protection officials, to the meeting on “the opportunities and limits” of such mapping services, ministry spokesman Philipp Spauschus said.
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