British Home Office Minister Jeremy Browne 2012 Google Street View

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Lib Dem Jeremy Browne said he was alarmed at the 'intrusiveness' of images on the website and questioned why more was not done to hide the identities of people photographed by the firm's cameras.

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He said the Google cars which tour roads throughout Britain were 'unnerving' and suggested the private firms should face more regulation.

Standing out: Home Office minister Jeremy Browne has been captured on Google Street view carrying his ministerial red box in London

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Captured walking near Paddington railway station, it is thought he was rushing to catch a train to his Taunton constituency when he was snapped by the Street View cameras.

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He told MailOnline: "They are meant to make it impossible to identify the person. It would not be very hard to work out it was me."

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Now he has questioned the level of privacy regulation governing private firms who take images of members of the public.

He told journalists: 'I think there is an issue about the intrusiveness of modern technology. It is why the government is right to be alert to the public concern about excessive use of CCTV.