India, July 28 -- A court in Argentina has ruled that Google must pay $12,500 (1,081,750 INR) to a man after a Street View camera took a photo of him naked in his own yard and published it online for all to see. This unusual case has ended up raising important questions about privacy, technology, and responsibility in a digital world where cameras often capture more than we realise.

The man in question is a police officer. In 2017, while he was in his own walled garden in a small town, a Google Street View vehicle drove past. Somehow, its camera captured an image of him from behind, with no clothes on. The photograph also clearly showed the house number and street name. In the age of social media, it did not take long for the image to be...