- A man was captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera.
- Appeals court judges ruled that the company “flagrantly violated” the man’s dignity.
- Google now has to pay the man around $12,500.
Street View is a Google Maps feature that offers a 360-degree view of any area at street level. This feature can come in handy when you want to virtually explore neighborhoods, landmarks, and more. These 360-degree views are stitched together from the numerous photos taken by the company’s specially-equipped vehicles. As these vehicles snap photos at various times of the day, sometimes these cameras capture some things they shouldn’t. That’s exactly what happened to a man from Argentina who just got a big payday from the tech giant.
As reported by CBS News, one of Google’s Street View cameras captured an Argentine police officer naked at his home while walking around in his garden. In addition to capturing the naked man in his yard, the cameras also captured his house number and street name. After the images were splashed up online and shared on social media, the man sought compensation from Google in 2017, arguing that the firm harmed his dignity and that he was behind 6.5-foot-high walls.