Google Street View Shows Naked Boy, 3

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - Google Street View is being accused of showing a little more view than needed of a British 3-year-old boy.

According to the Manchester Evening News , Claire Rowlands was outraged when she saw a naked photo of her son on the Internet.

Google published the photograph after its "camera car" took pictures of every road in Britain for the search engine's Street View service. The Evening News said that the registration plate of a car on the drive of the house was blurred out but Louis Mears, wearing only shoes, was not censored.

Another image taken seconds later showed his face though a fence protected much of his body.

"I just felt sick to my stomach when I saw the naked picture of Louis on the Internet," Rowlands said to the Evening News. "I'm angry, disgusted and upset about it – they should be checking every image before it goes up."

She said it was a warm day and her son was playing in the garden. She didn't expect his photo would be taken and published online.

"It's such a clear image, I see it as an indecent photograph – my concern is that pedophiles could see it and there's no way I ever wanted my son to be seen naked all over the world," she said.

According to the UK Daily Mail , the photo was taken in Walkden, Greater Manchester, where Louis was playing in his grandmother's garden.

The Daily Mail stated that Google has apologized and blurred the image while saying that the company's software automatically blurs license plate numbers but does not detect human bodies.

A spokeswoman said the company takes complaints about inappropriate content seriously and said that the company had removed the questionable image within an hour of being notified.

According to the Daily Mail, privacy groups have criticized Street View and called it a "burglar's charter." Big Brother Watch group member Alex Deane said this isn't the first time for such a complaint and called on Google to take more steps to protect people's privacy.