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Google Report Concludes Right to Be Forgotten Should Only Apply to EU Sites

A special eight-member advisory board convened by Google determined on Friday that the EU right to be forgotten ruling should only apply to European search engines. In May, the European Court of Justice ruled that search engines have the obligation to remove links in cases of irrelevant or incorrect search… Continue reading

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UK Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Violate Human Rights, Tribunal Says

An investigatory powers tribunal has ruled that the current system that governs mass surveillance in the UK is not in violation of human rights. According to a report by the BBC on Friday, the human rights groups that brought the case forward plan to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights. Continue reading

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EU Right to Be Forgotten Guidelines Encourage Search Engines to Keep Link Removal Quiet

The EU finally has guidelines in place to direct search engines on requests for link removal in accordance with the European Court of Justice decision regarding the right to be forgotten. So far search providers have interpreted the decision to apply to results on local EU sites. The Article 29… Continue reading

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EU Commissioner Says Google is Undermining Data Protection Reform

In a speech in Lyon, France on Monday, Martine Reicherts, EU Justice Commissioner addressed EU data protection reform and the right to be forgotten ruling issued by the European Court of Justice in May. Continue reading

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Public Criticism Forces Google to Restore Right to be Forgotten Links

Google received a lot of criticism after it began removing links last week to comply with the May European Court of Justice decision granting the right to be forgotten on the Internet. A flurry of articles debating whether Google is censoring the Internet were posted as it began link removal. As of the end of June, Google had received over 70,000 requests. Continue reading

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