Presentation "Privacy issues and"Google Maps Street View" operation in Lithuania" for conference "Social Technologies '12"

1. Privacy issues and
"Google Maps Street View"
operation in Lithuania
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

2. Background
• Google Maps Street View, Lithuania
• 2010
– Opinion of the Inspectorate
• May 2012
– Statement of the Inspectorate
– Negotiations
– Approval
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

3. Public Actors
• Google Inc. (via Ireland)
– represented by local Borenius office
• Inspectorate
• Ministry of Justice
• General Prosecutor Office
– local – regional – national
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

4. EU-wide
• Directive 95/46/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 24 October
1995 on the protection of individuals with
regard to the processing of personal data and
on the free movement of such data
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

5. EU-wide
SECTION II
CRITERIA FOR MAKING DATA PROCESSING LEGITIMATE
Article 7
Member States shall provide that personal data may be
processed only if:
• (a) the data subject has unambiguously given his
consent; or
• [..]
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

6. Privacy issues
1. Advance objection;
2. Raw unprocessed data are not deleted;
3. Undisclosured physical data storage jurisdiction;
4. Optional access for third-parties (incl. governmental) to raw data;
5. No public list of situations/characteristics, when raw data is
processed/blurred;
6. High risk state objects and other similar information is made public;
7. Blurring technology mistakes, when subject in questions does not use
internet;
8. Public information for requests to delete personal information;
9. No possibility to protect rights in local court (collision of US-EU jurisdiction,
costs);
10.No clear procedures for compensation of potential damages;
11.Transformation of private information into intellectual property and
protection of it using the clause of commercial secrets/know-how.
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

7. Google admits...
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25

8. Privacy issues and
"Google Maps Street View"
operation in Lithuania
liutas@mruni.eu
Liutauras Ulevičius,
2012.10.25