Google Street in Israel

Next time you are walking down the street smile! Israel's Justice Ministry said it had agreed to allow the controversial Google Street view service run in Israel. The service allows users views of streets and other locations in the country. Cars travel along the streets taking millions of digital photographs and record location data using sophisticated technology. The images allow users to see what a specific location looks like as if they were standing at the spot. The service was introduced by Google in 2007 and operates in 30 countries including the United States, Australia, and Britain. Israel at the time opted out of the service due to security concerns. Following intensive negotiations with Google the Justice Ministry agreed to allow the service here. Under the agreement reached with Google, Israeli citizens will be able to file civil litigations against Google regarding its operations in Israel via Google Israel, its local branch.