Following on a request by the Machida city council for regulation of Google's Street View service, recently introduced in Japan, Asiajin reports that the ward of Suginami in central Tokyo has advised its residents on how to submit [ja] takedown requests to Google. An article at Asahi reports that Suginami city was alerted by citizens about privacy violation concerns related to GSV and has twice contacted Google asking the company to respond by deleting images.
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