10 Technologies That were Banned

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 22 September 2011, 23:32 IST   |    12 Comments
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5. Greece barred Google street view
Greece barred Google street view
In 2009, Greece restricted the Google's drivers running in the country to mount their camera for Google street view, highlighting a growing fear among Greeks of the threat posed by new technologies. Athens's data protection agency barred the search engine saying Google has to provide "additional information" and concrete guarantees that the service was not an invasion of personal privacy before expanding the programme to Greece.