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Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording....
Privacy group files flawed complaint against Google Store Sales Measurement
EPIC gets the basic facts wrong about the data being used in Google program....
Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s name
If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement might use Google as a first stop in their...
Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searches
According to the announcement, Bing's updated RTBF policy for the EU will use location-based signals to remove relevant URLs on all versions of...
Google reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015
Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped "shed light on government surveillance laws and practices" around the world....
Report: 2 years in, 75 percent of Right to Be Forgotten asks denied by Google
More than 50 percent of requests come from Germany and the UK....
French privacy regulator fines Google for not removing RTBF links outside of Europe
CNIL in France refuses to compromise on demand that Google remove all Right to Be Forgotten content from its entire index....
Japan Courts Order Removal Of Criminal Activity From Search As Privacy Violation
Suggesting that there may soon be a European-style “Right to be Forgotten” in Japan, two Japanese courts recently ordered Yahoo...
Google Updates User Ads Settings When Signed In Or Out
How to manage your ad settings on...
Google Fights France To Prevent Globalization Of The Right-to-Be-Forgotten
Google has formally appealed France’s data protection authority’s order that Google apply Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF) removals to...
Microsoft’s “Revenge Porn” Reporting Page Helps Victims Get Photos & Videos Out Of Search Results
Users can submit requests to remove links to explicit photos or videos that have been posted online without their consent....
Are Search Engines Responsible For Reputation? Yes, Virginia, They Are. Big Time!
Columnist Chris Silver Smith discusses the legal issues surrounding online defamation, including search engines' role in helping (or harming)...
UK Paper Argues Right To Be Forgotten Being Abused In Some Cases
While the majority of Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) take-down requests in Europe do not seek to conceal criminal misdeeds, the UK-based Daily...
Consumer Group Petitions FTC To Bring Europe’s Right-To-Be-Forgotten To US
Consumer Watchdog argues values behind RTBF are already part of US...
Google Will Allow People To Block “Revenge Porn” From Search Results
Google has announced that in the coming weeks, it will launch a system allowing people to request nude and explicit images of themselves posted...
EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working
Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified....
Russia Poised To Pass Sweeping Right-To-Be-Forgotten Law
If passed, law would place burden on search engines to locate information online that individuals, including public figures, want...
Bing To Encrypt Searches By Default & Referrer Data To Go Not Provided This Summer
Not Provided is about to expand when Bing goes HTTPS over the summer, ultimately blocking query data in the referrer...
France Gives Google 15 Days To Apply Right-To-Be-Forgotten To Global Results
EU privacy regulators believe Europe-only application of rule undermines its effectiveness....
Google Updates Transparency Reports: Adds Preservation Requests & Expands Emergency Disclosures
Google says it provided information on 63 percent of the 30,138 global requests it received in...
