September 25, 2019

Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they're European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.

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March 01, 2018

Right to be Forgotten requests stagnate, Google refuses most anyway

Studying Google’s latest transparency report, it’s clear that demand by Europeans to have URLs removed (or “delisted”) from the search giant’s results has dropped off.

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August 10, 2017

Sorry, who did you say you were? We’ve forgotten about you

Britain's data proposals will enshrine GDPR's right to be forgotten in domestic law - but what's the situation elsewhere?

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March 22, 2017

New York’s ‘unconstitutional’ right to be forgotten bill sparks concern

Opponents warn of the potential for 'an internet riddled with memory holes'

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February 12, 2016

Google extends ‘right to be forgotten’ to all domains

Right to be forgotten material will no longer show up when somebody in France hops off Google's .fr domain, for example.

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November 26, 2015

Facebook tops Google’s list of domains for ‘right to be forgotten’ requests

Lots of Europeans want Google to do lots of self-inflicted lobotomy: It's evaluated a total of 1,234,092 URLs for right to be forgotten.

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September 23, 2015

Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ appeal – France says ‘non!’

Google and other search engines could potentially face fines of up to 5% of their global operating costs if they do not comply.

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August 21, 2015

Google ordered to remove links to ‘right to be forgotten’ removal stories

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has ordered Google to remove search result links to news stories about right to be forgotten link removals.

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July 31, 2015

Google defies French global ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling

Google is set to defy a French data authority ruling on the global removal of right to be forgotten links.

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