German court calls Google’s aerial imagery ‘spying’, Google will appeal
THE SO WHAT
A German court framing aerial imagery as “spying” and requiring consent attacks the default assumption that overhead data is fair game. Any product built on maps, satellite, or drone imagery in strict-privacy jurisdictions needs a contingency plan for consent-heavy or lower-res regimes.
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