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Google’s right to be forgotten appeal heading to Europe’s top court
Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling, which allows private citizens in the region to make requests that search engines delist incorrect, irrelevant or out of date information returned by an online search for their full name, is set to return to the region’s top court to settle an ongoing dispute between Google and the French data protection agency, CNIL. Read More
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Google ordered to hand over names of fake reviewers in Dutch court case
Fake reviews have been an occasional and frustrating by-product on sites like Google, Yelp and Amazon for years. But a recent case in the Netherlands highlights how one company affected by them fought back. A nursery in Amsterdam has won a case against Google in a civil court in the city this month, in which Google was not only forced to take down several negative fake reviews that… Read More
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Europe’s Search De-Listing Ruling Is Mostly About Social Media Privacy Invasions
It’s one year since the European Court of Justice made Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales spit out his breakfast crumpet and spew crumbs of outrage all over the Internet. I am of course talking about the so-called ‘Right to be forgotten ruling’ (rtbf) which extends European citizens’ personal data protection rights over search engine results by judging the latter data… Read More
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‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Guidelines Published By European Regulators
Europe’s Article 29 Working Party, the body comprised of data protection representatives from individual Member States of the European Union, has now published guidelines on the implementation of the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling, which was handed down by Europe’s top court back in May. Read More
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Google.com Domain Should Be Covered By Search De-Listing, Say European Regulators
Google has kicked against it. Eric Schmidt was doing so in public only last month. But European regulators are now stipulating the so called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling should apply to search results displayed on Google.com, not just on European sub-domains such as Google.co.uk. Read More
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Social Networks And Directories Main Target Of European Search De-Listing Requests
Some interesting data has been released today by the Forget.me service, regarding Europe’s so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. The data suggests most requests for de-listing personal information focus on the parochial targets of social media sites and directory websites, rather than mainline media outlets. Read More
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