Amidst an announcement that Google will not push forward with its Street View cars in Germany, Microsoft has launched its own version of a mapping service in Europe. Microsoft says "Streetside" will collect the "bare minimum" of data. The UK Information Commissioner's Office has said it will be keeping a close eye on the service. German data privacy officials raised concerns after Street View launched there last year, and one woman filed a lawsuit. Google won that case but now says it has "no plans to launch new imagery on Street View in Germany," CNET reports.
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