"Google starts Street View in Greece after spat" Associated Press June 06, 2014
ATHENS — Google launched its Street View map service in Greece on Thursday after winning approval from the country’s privacy authority, which had blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.
Company officials said the service went live after ‘‘extensive and detailed’’ negotiations with the country’s Data Protection Authority, which last year lifted objections made to the project in 2009.
Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos attended a launch event in Athens and said the map service would help the crisis-hit country’s vital tourism industry, describing Greece as an ‘‘endless archaeological park.’’
‘‘We have so much to show off. This is a godsend,’’ he said. ‘‘Everyone knows how difficult things are, with all the obstacles that are there when dealing with the Greek state.”
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