……. Now, after careful reviewing of the laws in place, Israel has finally agreed to let Street View photograph the streets and bylanes of Israel, but not before Google complies to the set of laws laid down by the government.
Israel has agreed to let Google Street View photograph their streets
According to a post of the Israeli Ministry of Justice’s page, the ILITA, or the Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority has put down as many as five conditions, pertaining to the data protection laws in the country. Under provisions like Civil Jurisdiction, Administrative and Criminal Jurisdiction, Requests for blurring, Transparency and Privacy by Design, the Israel government has covered pretty much every aspect, which would allow Google to operate its Street View cars in the country, while maintaining the security.
Categories: Internet, Israel, Middle East
So far one can not see high resolution maps of Israeli streets on Google maps. Neither it displays street names due to licensing issues.