The Right to Be Forgotten by Google

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Google agrees to remove links with "outdated" and "incorrect" information. The company launched on Friday, May 30, a service through which you can send a request to remove the link. Thus, Google complied with the requirement of the court of the European Union.

The EU court ruling, according to which EU citizens have the right to require search engines to remove links to "incorrect" and "outdated" information, was issued on May 13. However, access to the data will remain on the original site, despite their removal from the search engine.

In the coming months, Google intends to work closely with data protection authorities in order to “improve the mechanism” for executing the resolution of company representatives. According to them, each request should be accompanied by an explanation of why the link must be removed from the search results.

At the same time, one of the founders of the Google search engine Larry Page warns that the new practice can harm young Internet companies and provide an additional opportunity to strengthen control over the Internet.

On the first day after Google provided the opportunity to remove links from search results, about 12,000 applications were submitted. This means that at "peak hours" 20 applications were received per minute.

You can exercise your right to “be forgotten” here: support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch#

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