Google’s latest transparency report reveals it rejected nearly 60 per cent of the right to be forgotten requests. It was on May 13, 2014 that the Court of Justice of the European…
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Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ shouldn’t expand, expert panel advises
A panel of experts appointed by Google on an European court ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling ordering removal of personal information from its search results has advised the search engine giant to…
Microsoft, Yahoo start acting on ‘right to be forgotten’ requests
After Google, it’s now Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing who have begun scrubbing search results for Europeans under the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. The latest move comes in wake of a May…
One-third of UK’s 18,304 ‘right to be forgotten’ requests approved: Google
Google has received over 145,000 ‘right to be forgotten’ requests from Europe since the official request process was rolled out on May 29. The search engine giant in its latest internet transparency…
Google initiates 7-meeting series to discuss the ECJ’s “right to be forgotten” ruling
The Tuesday Madrid meeting will be followed by one in Rome on September 10, in Paris on September 25, in Warsaw on September 30, in Berlin on October 14, in London on October 16, and in Brussels on November 4.
Google to forget even a Wikipedia page
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales: It’s completely insane and it needs to be fixed.
Google finds it difficult to forget you!
Google has asked the committee for advice, as it finds determining the genuineness of certain requests to be extremely difficult.
House of Lords: ‘Right to be Forgotten’ is just ‘unworkable’, ‘unreasonable’ and ‘wrong in principle’
The EU subcommittee concluded that the EU court ruling was based on out-dated principles, adding that assuming the “right to be forgotten” even exists in law was a mistake.
EU regulators pick on Google over the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling
Google is removing links only on the search results page for Europe while they are still available on the international site Google.com.
Microsoft also wants to forget you! Bing’s ‘right to be forgotten’ form goes live in Europe
Bing is likely the next search engine in line to start forgetting search results of Europeans’ that are ‘inadequate, irrelevant, no longer relevant, or excessive,’ on request.
UK wants ‘Right to be Forgotten’ struck from draft data-protection laws; invites criticism
Right to be Forgotten has drawn a fair amount of support and criticism from governments and individuals alike.
Google starts forgetting Europeans
Less than a month after the ‘right to be forgotten’ form was pushed live, Google has already started acting on the requests.
Google to flag ‘right to be forgotten’ results
Google feels European users will have to know that certain search results have been removed!
Special taskforce of EU privacy watchdogs to oversee Google removal requests
Privacy watchdogs to keep an eye on Google over how it handles removal requests and complaints from users if any
Google: 12,000 requests to be ‘forgotten’ piled up in 24 hours
European citizens grabbed the opportunity to request erasure their embarrassing activities of their past from Google search results!