YouTube Video Blurring

[kornellred]

I watch a lot of European Passenger Rail cab ride videos.  Lately, I notice that passengers on station platforms are being blurred out, as well as crew and maintenance workers on the various rail lines.  Is this just a courtesy thing on the part of YouTube to keep individuals anonymous?

[peteski]

Probably related to the region's privacy laws. If you look at Google Maps' Street View, peoples faces and license plates on cars are blurred too.

[Missaberoad]

Based off what I know about YouTube I believe this would be left up to the individual creators.
YouTube simply flags or takes down videos that violate their T&S, they do not edit videos themselves AFAIK...

Not saying that this is due to any YouTube policy either, it could simply be the creator respecting people's privacy/lack of permission to be filmed.

[C855B]

Probably related to the region's privacy laws. If you look at Google Maps' Street View, peoples faces and license plates on cars are blurred too.

That's basically it. The Eurozone has laws to protect online privacy that we (US/Canada) don't have. I lean toward the thought that the blurring process is automatic, especially since some of the countries have been exacting 8- and 9-figure fines from "big data" for violations.

[John]

That's basically it. The Eurozone has laws to protect online privacy that we (US/Canada) don't have. I lean toward the thought that the blurring process is automatic, especially since some of the countries have been exacting 8- and 9-figure fines from "big data" for violations.

IANAL -- It is the DGPR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation -- It's probably a good idea in some cases, but as with all things EU they tend to over regulate things .. In the US - the courts have generally ruled that if you are out in public, you have no expectation of privacy --- but this is a big deal in cybersecurity circles .. here is an example of the complexity   https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/dpc-guidance/video-recording