A man has won his lawsuit against Google Earth for publishing aerial photos of his home, with a German court ruling that the tech giant has no right to share such images without his consent.

The man sued Google over aerial photos of his property in Frankfurt, Germany, published on Google Earth and Google Maps. In the lawsuit, the German homeowner, who has not been named, accused the tech giant of invading his privacy with the images.

According to a report by news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) on Tuesday, a state court in Hesse, Germany, ruled in favor of the man in his lawsuit against Google.

The German court ruled that Google acquired the aerial images by “spying” on ordinary people because it does not inform property owners beforehand that their homes will be filmed and photographed.…