UK watchdog raises privacy concerns over Google Glass

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has waded into a growing debate about how people use Google’s smart glasses, which can be used to capture videos and take pictures without the knowledge of those in range.

The arguments range from simple personal intrusion -- with offenders now coming to be called “glassholes” in the US -- to more serious concerns about how people can be spied on or identified for commercial reasons. The ICO said that the wearers of the glasses and other wearable technology will come under the same rules as CCTV, which means that they could breach the Data Protection Act in some circumstances. The main issue raised so far has been whether people have been given adequate notice that they might be filmed.