[New post] Google gives more examples of ‘right to be forgotten’ acceptances & refusals

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Google has today updated its Transparency Report with more examples of 'right to be forgotten' requests it has received, stating in each case whether it accepted or rejected the request. This follows other examples last year of easy and difficult case" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google gives more examples of ‘right to be forgotten’ acceptances & refusals by Ben Lovejoy Google has today updated its Transparency Report with more examples of 'right to be forgotten' requests it has received, stating in each case whether it accepted or rejected the request. This follows other examples last year of easy and difficult cases. The cases make it clear that Google has to balance fairness to the individual against the wider public interest. For example, while it might agree to remove decades-old information about private individuals, it refused to do so for a public figure in Hungary. A high ranking public official asked us to remove recent articles discussing a decades-old criminal conviction. We did not remove the articles from search results ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | November 25, 2015 at 4:09 am | Tags: Google, Right to be forgotten, Right to be forgotten examples | Categories: Google Corporate, Search | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-wFg Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/11/25/right-to-be-forgotten-examples/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com