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Right To Be Forgotten


Right To Be Forgotten

What Is The “Right To Be Forgotten”?

In May 2014, the European Court Of Justice ruled that EU citizens have a “Right To Be Forgotten,” that they could request that search engines remove links to pages deemed private, even if the pages themselves remain on the internet. Our explainer post has more background about this: The Myths & Realities Of How Of The EU’s New “Right To Be Forgotten” In Google Works

As of June 2014, Google has established a form where people can request removals, as our story explains: How Google’s New “Right To Be Forgotten” Form Works. Bing has its own form; Yahoo has said plans for removal are in development.

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In a victory for speech, EU’s top court sides with Google in right to be forgotten case

A decision in favor of French regulators might have set a ‪difficult precedent....

Greg Sterling | Sep 24, 2019 at 10:47 am ET

Google may be headed for victory in EU right-to-be-forgotten indexing appeal

The top legal advisor for the European Court of Justice has recommended that delisting under RTBF not extend outside the EU....

Greg Sterling | Jan 10, 2019 at 11:03 am ET

Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High Court

Decision likely to spark other appeals to courts by those denied de-listing....

Greg Sterling | Apr 13, 2018 at 12:53 pm ET

 

German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying

The court held that Google can't be held liable before being notified of a 'clearly recognizable violation' of individual rights....

Greg Sterling | Feb 27, 2018 at 9:26 am ET

Law and reputation firms generate 21% of Right to Be Forgotten delistings, says Google

New report from Google digs into three years' worth of data on removal requests and exposes the delisting criteria....

Greg Sterling | Feb 27, 2018 at 8:00 am ET

Google fighting local battles over global control of its index in Canada, France

Regulators and courts seek to assert authority over global search results rather than limit decisions to their own countries....

Greg Sterling | Jul 25, 2017 at 6:02 pm ET

Top European court to decide if Google needs to purge disputed links from global index

French regulators have argued that the "right to be forgotten" is not fully enforceable unless content is removed worldwide....

Greg Sterling | Jul 19, 2017 at 12:05 pm ET

Two major changes potentially coming to EU’s Right to Be Forgotten with global implications

Authorities in France considering automatic delisting for "sensitive personal data" and forcing global index removal....

Greg Sterling | May 16, 2017 at 8:44 am ET

Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case in Japanese high court

Court rules that search results are a form of speech entitled to protection....

Greg Sterling | Feb 1, 2017 at 2:34 pm ET

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...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 12, 2016 at 3:57 pm ET

Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally

Google is taking its case to France's highest administrative...

Greg Sterling | May 19, 2016 at 3:13 pm ET

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....

Greg Sterling | May 12, 2016 at 5:28 pm ET

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....

Greg Sterling | Mar 24, 2016 at 5:50 pm ET

Google Agrees To Complicated Worldwide “Right To Be Forgotten” Censorship Plan

Google will ensure those within a country where a RTBF request was granted cannot find censored content, regardless of what Google edition they...

Danny Sullivan | Mar 4, 2016 at 2:35 pm ET

Google To Remove Right-To-Be-Forgotten Links Worldwide, For Searchers In European Countries

Links will no longer show for those in the particular country where a RTBF request was made, regardless of the Google edition they...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 10, 2016 at 4:46 pm ET

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...

Greg Sterling | Dec 10, 2015 at 8:52 am ET

Right To Be Forgotten: French Argue They Have Authority To Regulate Google Globally

Setting up a potential international “conflict of laws” dispute, France’s privacy regulator (CNIL) rejected Google’s...

Greg Sterling | Sep 21, 2015 at 12:21 pm ET

UK Regulator To Google: You Must De-Index Follow-Up Stories About Right To Be Forgotten Subjects

The European “hide me, find me” SEO game that is the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) continues to twist and turn. The latest twist is...

Greg Sterling | Aug 20, 2015 at 1:41 pm ET

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...

Greg Sterling | Jul 30, 2015 at 2:49 pm ET

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...

Greg Sterling | Jul 15, 2015 at 9:31 am ET
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