Earlier this week the European Union Court of Justice created a new “right to be forgotten” in ruling that Google had to delete search results that returned information that private individuals no longer wanted to exist. As a result, Google and government officials indicate a veritable flood of requests have started to pour in requesting the suppression of information that individuals object to being included in search results.
Hamburg’s data commissioner reported that eight requests came in the day after the ruling was issued from a variety of people who wanted Google to conceal their tainted history. Comparatively, regulators in Germany typically received around 100 requests per year to remove search results.
Google has indicated they are working on a process for users to file requests to conceal search results. The new procedures should be ready within a couple weeks.
What do you think of the new “right to be forgotten?”
source: 9to5Google
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