Google will apply the ‘right to be forgotten’ to all EU searches next week

[Batu69]

Google today confirmed that it will remove some search results from all of its sites starting next week, if those searches are made within the European Union.

In 2014, an EU court decided that Google must comply with requests to remove some search results, in a decision that became known as "the right to be forgotten." As part of that decision, European users can submit a request to Google, asking the company to delist results that are "no longer relevant" or otherwise outdated. Until now, however, Google would only delist results for its European sites, such as google.co.uk and google.fr. Presumably, then, EU users could still find the delisted results by visiting google.com.

 

Company will attempt to geolocate EU search users

 

In its announcement today, Google confirmed that "in response to discussions with regulators," the company would begin delisting from all sites, beginning next week, if Google detects that a search user is in the EU.

 

"Starting next week, in addition to our existing practice, we will also use geolocation signals (like IP addresses) to restrict access to the delisted URL on all Google Search domains, including google.com, when accessed from the country of the person requesting the removal," Google said in the statement. "We’ll apply the change retrospectively, to all delistings that we have already done under the European Court ruling."

 

The right to be forgotten has proven controversial, as free speech advocates have squared off with those calling the right an important privacy protection. "Since May 2014, we’ve worked hard to find the right balance as we implement the European Court’s ruling," Google wrote today. "Despite occasional disagreements, we’ve maintained a collaborative dialogue with data protection authorities throughout. We’re committed to continuing to work in this way."

 

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[steven36]

People do bad things  and then get it deleted  from Google search then when something new happens  that's relevant to what's happen before the journalist act like its something new even though it could happen 20 times before  and stir people up  because there nothing in Google  search very old to find and causes people to not be able to research  what they post and fake news to get posted..  Its called covering up  for peoples past mistakes and censoring  freedom of speech . Were im from we dont have such rights everything you do after you turn 18 stays on you're  record all you're  life .. It means you will need a ip not from the EU to just to get relevant results for old news  . There just censoring the EU  banning results by ip, there not really removing it.  Now not only the Film and Music industry is going to be Geo controlled . Even the past is going be Geo controlled too  what a crazy world we live in. 

[Pequi]

Ah. Big sigh of relief for "Charles Lynton" AKA Miranda.

I wonder how much Google charges to delete your past and build a nice clean brand new one ?

[steven36]

2 hours ago, Pequi said:

Ah. Big sigh of relief for "Charles Lynton" AKA Miranda.

I wonder how much Google charges to delete your past and build a nice clean brand new one ?

Google really removes  stuff on Government  and  DMCA request  ... For a while they stoped being  transparent  about how many things they remove by Government  request for years now they stated   it back because Microsoft/Bing started being transparent  about it.

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government/

 

Google Asked to Remove 1,500 “Pirate Links” Per Minute

https://torrentfreak.com/google-asked-to-remove-1500-pirate-links-per-minute-151122/

 

LOL  a smart pirate can look at the  dmca reports and find  the sites removed by Google each month

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/?hl=en

 

But the right to be forgiven  is fake  they dont remove nothing  they just block you ..now Google  just gives you better search results outside  the EU  ..The EU  may forgive  you but the rest of the world don't

 

Basically  what they will  block  would be what you're own country  asked to remove.
 

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As reported in February, Google will now take into account the physical location of the user in figuring out which set of results from the search database to show them, as well as the location in which the initial delisting request was filed.

So, if you're physically in the UK and you try to use Google.com, the US version of the search engine, Google will still observe the delisting rules if the "right to be forgotten" request was filed from the UK.

However, if you're in a different country - such as Spain - and use the US Google.com search, you would still see the contested results.

Google says it will use "geolocation signals (like IP addresses) to restrict access to the delisted URL" which suggests that using a VPN service - which can make it appear that you're browsing from a different location - alone might not be enough to circumvent the new system.

The combination of physical location and delisting request location is likely to prove confusing, and it's unclear whether it'll entirely satisfy regulators who want a more comprehensive system.

 

http://www.slashgear.com/google-right-to-be-forgotten-changes-further-muddy-privacy-04430351/