Overview

• An appeals panel overturned a 2019 dismissal and awarded the officer roughly 16 million pesos (about $12,500) in damages for the privacy breach.
• Judges found the Street View car photographed the man fully unclothed behind a two-meter fence on his private property, calling it a blatant invasion of privacy.
• Google Argentina and Google LLC must delete the uncensored image or face a 100,000-peso fine for each day of noncompliance.
• Cablevision SA and El Censor SRL were absolved of liability after the court noted their reporting exposed Google’s error.
• Legal analysts warn the ruling could encourage similar privacy claims against mapping services in regions with strong dignity protections.