When Google Maps started to include the feature street viewthe whole world got the opportunity to move around foreign cities or their own at street level and practically. It was fun to see my own street and how it has changed over time.
Leaving aside the thousand and one curiosities arising from the photographs taken by Google cars, attention was drawn to the fact that people’s faces they seemed to fade. It was so for keep your privacy. The same is true in some places like military installations or government buildings.
Your home or home may not have the same importance as the White House or the Pentagon, but you may not want to show where you live in Google Maps Street View. Either because you want to maintain your privacy, or because you ended up on it while taking a photo, or you don’t like the way it looks.
The point is that you can ask him personally Google a task to blur your house to make it appear blurry in Street View. We will tell you what it is and what you need to do.
Street View privacy policy
Ever since it started street viewGoogle has taken into account the privacy of those appearing in the images. Hence, it has a very extensive page that explains in detail its privacy policy related to Street View. you can consult him in any languageto change it, you just need to go to the very bottom of the page, to the bottom right corner.
At the beginning of the document, it shows a specific section called blur. It literally says: “We have developed an innovative blur technology it applies to everyone faces and license plates which can be identified in Street View images provided by Google.
And here’s the key: “If you see fit further blurring your face or license plateor if you want us to completely blur your house, car or bodysend request via function Report a problem“.
In other words, all you have to do is fill out a form to ask Google to blur your home or habitual residence. This is the same form used for notify Google of bugs or problems what will you find in Google Maps.
Blur your house, face or car on Google Maps Street View
You can access this form from your computer as well as Android, iPhone and iPad. Just log in from your computer Google Mapsand then on the top left, tap the drop-down menu, then tap Leave comments. A new window will appear where you can select the reason for the complaint, etc.
But the most direct way to blur your home is to open a window. Leave comments if you are right on google maps wherever you are. You select the Street View option, focus on the image you want to blur, and at the bottom of the image you see the option Report a bug.
To ask Google to blur your home from Android, you must find the image and click on the icon Tick in the form of a flag. You then select the issue in question and click on Report.
On iPhone and iPad, after you find that your house is blurry, you will need to press the button menu A plus and then in Report a problem. You choose what the problem is and finally send a notification.
This is an updated version of an article previously published in Hipertextual.
Source: Hiper Textual
