Google has launched an online form allowing Europe-based Web users to request the removal of search engine results that link to sites containing information about them. The move comes followinga recent rulingby Europe’s highest court giving European citizens the “right to be forgotten” if searc...
The controversial "right to be forgotten" allows users to ask search engines such as Google to remove links that contain irrelevant or outdated information about them, following a ruling in May by the European Union's top court, the European Court of Justice. In the end, Google removed 171,...
Google will be holdinga series of public debatesabout the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” ruling, which allows people in the E.U. to request Google to take down Web pages which may paint them in an unsavory light,the BBC reports. Related:Google launches “right to be forgotten...
As the whole discussion over right to be forgotten removals have shown, we think of Google as a utility. It's our gatekeeper to the web — when it buries links, that content might as well disappear altogether. If the ECJ ruling is tantamount to censorship, so are Google's ow...
Although this ruling is made under current law, it anticipates the right to be forgotten and to erasure included in the modernisation of the EU's data protection rules under discussion at EU level. While the decision has been welcomed by some as a victory for privacy, others have condemned ...
Google has started removing ‘outdated’ entries from its search results under Europe’s recently introduced ‘right to be forgotten’ law. We knew the move was coming – last month Google launched an online form so people could lodge their remov
Find out more about theright to be forgottenon our blog. How to submit a Personal Data Removal Request Navigate to the personal data removal requestformand follow these steps: Select the “country whose law applies” from the drop-down menu. ...
Microsoft has started accepting requests from users in Europe who want to remove search links from Bing under a recent “right-to-be-forgotten” ruling by Europe’s top court. The company has asked European residents, who want Microsoft to block search results that show on...
Google is pushing back against a request to expand the scope of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law. Last year, the European Union Court of Justice ruled that citizens of its member states could ask Google to delist search results that were irrelevant, out of date, or fit a mix of...
The Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) recent ruling allowing individuals the right to request the removal of search result links presents a setback for Google and other internet search engines. The case concerns a clash between fundamental rights contained in the EU Charter of Fund...