Google Confesses Trespassing Private Property While Gathering Data for Google Maps

After a long procedure and fatigue, Google finally confessed that it is actually guilty of trespassing in Pennsylvania family’s property in order to acquire data for its street view service. As a consequence Google will now have to pay a penalty of $1 to Aaron and Christine Boring, who sued Google in 2008, expecting to seek penalty for damages done on trespassing charges.

It was in 2008, When the Google View car entered and photographed the private property of the Borings in Pittsburgh, and they charged Google Inc. of invasion of privacy, negligence, unjust enrichment and trespassing, however the photo was still published later in Google Maps.

This Thursday, The U.S. District Magistrate Judge Cathy Bissoon finally signed off on a consent decree, easily understood as a verdict on which both parties mutually agreed-upon, this issue between the Mountain View, Calif., company and the Borings, of Franklin Park, Pa., as stated by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Gregg Zegarelli, the Borings' attorney, stated that his clients are satisfied to just have made the point that Google has actually did trespassed the property. Meanwhile, a Google spokesman gives his view on the story via e-mail stating that the company welcomes the case's resolution. "We are pleased that this lawsuit has finally ended with plaintiffs' acknowledgement that they are entitled to only $1," he said.