Google Street View in Europe The British government said the company would not be fined for the breach. In March 2011, legal action against Google Street View in Germany resulted in court ruling that the project is legal; however, Google later decided not to expand or update existing coverage of Germany by the service. In April 2011, a temporary ban on Google Street View data collecting in Austria was lifted, after being imposed by national data protection agency in May 2010. Google announced it was satisfied with the decision, but also stated that it had no plans to offer Google Street View coverage in Austria
Google URL Shortener For security, Google added automatic spam detection based on the same type of filtering technology used in Gmail. The service no longer accepts new users since April 13, 2018 and will discontinue the service for existing users on March 30, 2019. Links previously created will still redirect to their previous destination. Goo.gl short links are to be replaced by Firebase Dynamic Links. Google recommends using Bitly and Ow.ly and other popular services as alternatives. Google URL Shortener Google URL Shortener, also known as goo.gl, is a URL shortening service offered by Google. It was launched in December 2009, initially used