Swiss Court to Rule on Google's Street View Service

Switzerland's top administrative court said it will rule on whether Google Inc.'s Street View service is legal in Switzerland in coming weeks, following a public hearing in court. Switzerland's Federal Data Protection Commissioner Hanspeter Thuer and Google have been locked in a battle over the Internet search giant's popular Street View application ever since the mapping service went live here in 2009.

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