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 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 for Google Toolbar and Feedburner. Later Google launched a separate website goo.gl and opened up to public in September 2010. The user could access a list of URLs that has been shortened in the past after logged in to their Google Account. And user could see the details the "details" link next to any of shortened URL, where public, real-time analytics data, including traffic over time, top referrers, and visitor profiles can be found.