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by jgalt212 3268 days ago
I believe the principle of the expectation of privacy forced them to blur the faces.
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Not in the US at least. Expectation of privacy is an element of the test for determining whether a government search subject to the Fourth Amendment has occurred. As such, it only applies to government actors, not private parties like Google. And in any case, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place such as a road.
I beg to differ. For example in 12 US States you cannot record a telephone conversation without all party consent.

http://www.detectiveservices.com/2012/02/state-by-state-reco...