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Google 'right to be forgotten' tour kicks off in Madrid

2014-09-09 14:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Google has kicked off a European "right to be forgotten" tour in Madrid, the first seven public sessions to help the company define its response to the EU Court of Justice's recent judgment giving individuals the right to request the removal of information about them from search results. The meeting held in the Spanish capital's Casa de America saw Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and a panel of privacy and freedom of information experts including Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales and Le Monde editorial director Sylvie Kauffmann answer questions from Spanish journalists and data protection specialists. Google said it had received more than 100,000 requests for takedowns since the May judgment but that it had been tough with some requests in order to balance privacy concerns with the public's right to know. After the Madrid meeting, Google's road show of public hearings will move on to Rome on 10 September, Paris on 25 September, Warsaw on 30 September, Berlin on 14 October, London on 16 October and Brussels on 04 November.

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Google Takes 'Right to Be Forgotten' Fight on Tour

2014-09-08 22:54:44| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

A Google committee will hold meetings throughout Europe to address issues surrounding the "right to be forgotten."

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Wikimedia Blasts Europe's 'Right to Be Forgotten'

2014-08-07 01:21:05| TechNewsWorld

The Wikimedia Foundation has released its first-ever transparency report -- and along with it a protest against Europe's "right to be forgotten" law. Wikimedia is the nonprofit owner of Wikipedia and other sites. "Denying people access to relevant and neutral information runs counter to the ethos and values of the Wikimedia movement," wrote Wikimedia attorneys Geoff Brigham and Michelle Paulson.

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Forgotten plight Australia Torres Strait islanders: land is being swallowed by rising sea

2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: The islands which dot the sparkling waters of the Torres Strait, off the far north-east of Australia, were the birthplace of indigenous land rights. In 1992, five islanders led by Eddie Mabo won a landmark High Court case which erased the notion that Australia was unoccupied when the British arrived. But more than two decades on, the land for which they fought is being swallowed by the sea. The low-lying islands some of them closer to Papua New Guinea than the Australian mainland are at risk...

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