Hostile. If there is a perfect word that describes the response of European countries and parts of the United States about Google Street View, then this is the perfect one. Presently, there are over 30 nations that permitted the service’s entrée in their land–and while Europe remains frigid about Google Street View, Israel sees the good part and approved its operations with certain limitations.

In a report, Retired Lt. Col. Mordechai Kedar says he was not completely aware of the deal, but hopes that agreement will ensure data security of all the people: “God forbid a country should need to reveal its secret facilities just because Google invented something. The lives of people are more important, and the security of countries is more important.”

The Head of the Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority, the country’s privacy regulator at the Justice Ministry, Yoram Hacohen reassures the public that they laid down conditions before allowing Google Street View to land in Israeli homes: “The terms approved by us, allow the operation of this valuable service while safeguarding the Israeli public’s right to privacy.”

Google Street View created a parade of European countries declining the service in their land. The saga of disapproval began in 2010, when the United Kingdom put the company under fire for evading local data laws. Soon after, Germany attacked Google and taught the organization lessons in privacy. Moving to the south-eastern portion of the continent, Google finds another foe in Italy for unethical behavioural allegations. This year, the Germans carried their terms and sat down with Google, asking the latter to cease recording of street images in the country.

Even in its homeland, the United States, Google experienced a strike when California judge gave a green light in filing class-action suit versus the search engine giant for Wi-Fi snooping. The investigations were halted though fourth quarter of last year as decided by FTC.  However, those cases in Europe progress.

A look at this case would seem like the nations of the world are ganging up on Google. But, with rampant security threats and breaches occurring anywhere, hackers found in all shapes and sizes, it’s difficult to blame the extra circumspection from the above-mentioned countries. This fate is not only being dealt with by Google. Social networking giant Facebook’s Facial Recognition was found to have violated German laws. However, we’re still hoping that precautions would not be overdone and impede good services to reach the users. There is still a thin line defining being careful and panicking.