Europe to Google: Not in My Front Yard

Another European country has blocked Google Street View from taking pictures in their country, as some Europeans fight the program that provides panoramic views of locations from the street level.

Last week the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection refused to allow Google to collect images, the Guardian reported. Igor Nemec, chairman of the Czech privacy watchdog, said the technology "disproportionately invades citizens' privacy."

Earlier this month the German government demanded Google allow citizens to opt out of having their property seen on the program, which collects data from cars driving around local streets with a camera on the roof.

More than 100,000 Germans signed up to have their homes blurred, Der Spiegel reported. On Monday, as a result of the outcry, the German government called on Internet companies to draw up a data protection code, Deutsche Welle reported.

In the Channel Islands, a group of islands located in the English Channel, two cars collecting data for the Google service were vandalized. According to Channel Television, the car's tires were slashed and cables damaged.