We started back in May of 2014 discussing the right to be forgotten. Back in in 2014, A European court, in an important test of the “right to be forgotten,” that Google must amend some of its search results at the request of ordinary people when they show links to outdated, irrelevant information. We covered 5 more stories about different demands from different European countries. Now the … [Read more...]
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French Regulators Want the right to be forgotten to include .com
We have written before about Google and their battle with certain European countries on the "right to be forgotten". Google has contended that results should only be removed from the local country code results, so if someone from France makes a request, then the results no longer show on Google.fr. The E.U. would like to see the results removed from everywhere including Google.com. Google does … [Read more...]
France Tells Google To Expand “Right To be Forgotten” Or There Will Be Sanctions
It was a little over a year ago when a European court decided Google had to grant its citizens the right to be forgotten. As a refresher this is what the court said: In an advisory judgment stemming from a Spanish case, The Court of Justice of the European Union said Google and other search engines do have control of individuals’ private information, given that they sometimes compile and … [Read more...]
Wikipedia Will Be Restricted Under Right to be Forgotten Law
Juliette Garside wrote a piece for The Guardian today that Google will restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article under the right to be forgotten law. Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia said, "You do not have a right to use the law to prevent Wikipedia editors from writing truthful information, nor do you have a right to use the law to prevent Google from publishing truthful information. … [Read more...]
Google Wants Your Opinion On How They Should Implement “Right To Be Forgotten”
Google's Advisory Council is asking the public on how they should implement the EU court required "Right to be Forgotten" The question Google is asking is: "How should one person’s right to be forgotten be balanced with the public’s right to know?" ""A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union found that European law gives people the right to ask search engines … [Read more...]
Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten
SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts "as a middleman between an individual and Google...catering to individuals who want to exercise their right to be forgotten" A recent European Court ruling search engine must provide to its citizens the :right to be forgotten" and allow them to demand that … [Read more...]
People Have A Right to be Forgotten
In a landmark case that is being covered by every news outlet around the world, a European Court has said ordinary people can request to have their info pulled from the search results. This will certainly open the door to a multitude of scenarios, first this is a European ruling, will North American courts demand the same rights for their citizens ? The ruling does not give any open and shut … [Read more...]