Is your home featured on Google Maps?

Google blurred out the faces of CTV Ottawa news anchors Max Keeping and Carol Anne Meehan, who are featured on the outside of CTV's studios on Merivale Road in Ottawa. (Google Street View)

Now that Google Maps has launched its new street view feature in Canada, your home might be available for all to see.

Images that were captured by Google's cameras when they visited Ottawa earlier this year are now online.

Although some say the new tool is an invasion of privacy, others say the images give them a sense of pride.

"They should be doing this and it's obviously garnered a little bit of attention and I'm flattered and I'm actually glad that I was on it," said Ottawa resident Rob Woodbridge, president and CEO of Rove.

However, not everybody has fully embraced Google's online tool. Some residents say although they appreciate the technology, they still have some reservations.

"I don't have any concerns about my face being there. I guess it would be my home and my surrounding area that I would have the concern with," said Janel Goyett, who works at the Agora Bookstore and Internet Café.

Google's policy regarding taking down images includes blurring faces and removing houses, cars, and children that are featured online. Pets will not be removed.

However, at least one privacy watchdog says that policy doesn't go far enough.

"The question I have is with regards to pictures of someone with their clothing; how tall they are; if they're standing in a group -- these sorts of things tell you something about a person, especially if you already know some facts about them. And, I consider that to be personal information," said John Lawford, of the Public Internet Advocacy Centre.

If you have a privacy concern, the onus is on you to request the pictures to be removed. On each image, there's a small link at the bottom of the screen that allows people to report a problem.

The street view feature is now available in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Vancouver, Squamish, B.C., Whistler, B.C., Kitchener, Ont. and Waterloo, Ont.

With a report from CTV Ottawa's Karen Soloman