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Google starts removing personal data from search results

2014-06-26 13:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Google said it has begun to remove results from its search engine under the EU's 'right to be forgotten', following a European Court of Justice ruling in May that individuals can request that search engine to remove results of searches for their names. The court decided that Google had to weigh the right to privacy against public interest in the data. Google has updated its technical infrastructure to implement the removals. The first e-mails informing people that the requested link was being blocked are being sent on 26 June. Google has only processed a small part of the over 41,000 requests received through a web form it published in response to the ruling. Google said "This is a new process for us. Each request has to be assessed individually, and we're working as quickly as possible to get through the queue. We'll continue to work with data protection authorities and others as we implement this ruling."

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