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Man awarded $12,500 after Google Street View camera captured him naked in his yard in Argentina
Updated on: July 25, 2025 / 6:56 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.
The policeman had sought payment from the internet giant for harm to his dignity, arguing he was behind a 6 1/2-foot wall when a Google camera captured him in the buff, from behind, in small-town Argentina in 2017.
His house number and street name were also laid bare, broadcast on Argentine TV covering the story, and shared widely on social media.
The man claimed the invasion exposed him to ridicule at work and among his neighbors.
Another court last year dismissed the man's claim for damages, ruling he only had himself to blame for "walking around in inappropriate conditions in the garden of his home."
Google, for its part, claimed the perimeter wall was not high enough.
Appeals judges, however, concluded the man's dignity had been flagrantly violated, and awarded him an amount in Argentine pesos equivalent to about $12,500, payable by Google.
"This involves an image of a person that was not captured in a public space but within the confines of their home, behind a fence taller than the average-sized person. The invasion of privacy ... is blatant," they wrote.
The judges said "there is no doubt that in this case there was an arbitrary intrusion into another's life."
And they found there was "no justification for (Google) to evade responsibility for this serious error that involved an intrusion into the plaintiff's house, within his private domain, undermining his dignity.
"No one wants to appear exposed to the world as the day they were born."
The judges pointed to Google's policy of blurring the faces and license plates of people and vehicles photographed for Street View as evidence it was aware of a duty to avoid harm to third parties.
But in this case, "it was not his face that was visible but his entire naked body, an image that should also have been prevented."
The court absolved co-accused telecoms company Cablevision SA and news site El Censor of liability for the image spreading, saying their actions had "helped highlight the misstep committed by Google."
On a website about its Street View policy, Google says it has implemented measures to protect the privacy of people when images are published to Google Maps.
"We have developed cutting-edge face and license plate blurring technology that is designed to blur identifiable faces and license plates within Google-contributed imagery in Street View," Google says.
The company adds that "if you would like us to blur your entire house, car, or body, submit a request using the "Report
a problem" tool."
A vehicle belonging to Google drives through Gelnhausen, Germany with special cameras on its roof on Aug. 17, 2023.
In 2010, Google acknowledged that it trespassed when it took a photo of a Pittsburgh-area house for its Street View service, but only paid $1 in damages to a couple who sued.
In 2019, Google reportedly agreed to pay a $13 million settlement over the company's collection of people's private information through its Street View project.Keep on Civin'
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12k sounds a tad cheap, should have hired a better lawyer.BlahComment
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It isn't the size of your payout, it's what you do with it!Originally posted by BeBMan View PostThere's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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Camper's 'repeated cries' spark rescue mission—but he was singing songs by infamous rock band
New York Post
Image: Central Okanagan Search & Rescue/AFP via Getty Images
He just wanted to be a big rock star.
Rescue teams in British Columbia responded to what they thought was a camper in distress, but the screams they heard in the mountainous forest turned out to be an outdoorsman belting out his favorite Nickelback songs.
The man had been solo camping the Boulderfields near Central Okanagan, a popular destination for bikers and rock climbers in the province, when two hikers called 911 after hearing what they described as "repeated cries."
Members of the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crew happened to be out in the woods training nearby when the calls came in, and immediately started looking for the imperiled nature lover, deploying their drone team and enlisting two Royal Canadian Mounted Police to assist in the effort.
As the search teams neared the sound of the bleating echoing through the darkened woodlands, they heard "faint yelling... but couldn't make out what was being said," they described in a statement online.
"Was it 'help'? Or worse, Nickelback?" the snarky post read.
Turns out the camper was "singing his heart out to the trees, blissfully unaware that the acoustics of the Boulderfields had turned his tent-side concert into an accidental distress signal," the teams wrote.
"He wasn't in trouble," said COSAR Search Manager Duane Tresnich. "Unless you count his singing."
COSAR noted that its rescue services are provided free of charge, adding, "and the money you save could be spent on singing lessons."Keep on Civin'
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Some Chinese have found the ultimate answer to unemployment - they pay to pretend it's not happening
No-one would want to work without getting a salary, or even worse – having to pay to be there.
Yet paying companies so you can pretend to work for them has become popular among young, unemployed adults in China. It has led to a growing number of such providers.
The development comes amid China's sluggish economy and jobs market. Chinese youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, at more than 14%.
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It's a swedish article about moving a 650t church with a similiar sized "truck" - don't bother to read, just click at the video
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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I don't read Danish (albeit 'kostar over en half miljard' is highly intelligible to an Englishman!), but I do hope they call it a holy roller.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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(I don't read Swedish either, more pertinently)One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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I was about to say that that's swedish, you can tell because they don't sound like they have a potato in their mouth.Indifference is BlissComment
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They could have saved a lot of effort by just not moving it."Comment
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There's a German saying about "leaving the church in the village".
Which is totally irrelevant here, buuut
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Followup where the Church stops rolling and a band plays. Totally worth watching for the band.Originally posted by BlackCat View PostIt's a swedish article about moving a 650t church with a similiar sized "truck" - don't bother to read, just click at the video
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/no...g-i-rekordfart
BTW -- on Firefox a popup lets you translate.
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In Sweden most people don't beleive in God and so churches are primarily social centers.
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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