CNIL, the French privacy regulator attempted to assert authority over Google globally saying that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) would apply to the entire Google.com index, and not just the EU jurisdiction. In a move to counter, Google said that RTBF removals should apply to European domains exclusively, and Europe’s top court agreed. …

In A Victory For Speech, EU’s Top Court Sides With Google In Right To Be Forgotten Case Read More »

It seems Google is poised to win an appeal of the 2015 decision of French privacy watchdog decision that data can be removed from Google’s EU index under the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) couldn’t remain in the Google index.  Anywhere. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data-protection authority, demanded Google delist …

Google May Be Headed For Victory In EU Right-To-Be-Forgotten Indexing Appeal Read More »

About 44 percent of “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) search de-listing requests are granted by Google.  Even then, there is a person in the UK whose request was among the the other 56 percent who wasn’t granted who challenged Google’s decision and won in the UK High Court. The search result in question was about a decade-old criminal …

Google Loses ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Case In UK High Court Read More »

Japan’s high court, according to the The Wall Street Journal, has ruled against a man seeking to have search results about him “forgotten.”  Even though the court didn’t appear to take up the issue of an EU-style “Right To Be Forgotten,” it elevated the speech status of search results and declined to establish such a broad …

Google Wins ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Case In Japanese High Court Read More »

It was reported yesterday that Google was appealing the French Data protection regulator’s (CNIL’s) decision that Google must remove/censor “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) URLs on a global level.  Before, Google trying finding a compromise an enforce RTBF in Europe, but preserve the content in other markets with different rules and privacy standards. CNIL didn’t accept that …

Google Appeals French Order To Censor Right-To-Be-Forgotten Links Globally Read More »

It looks like the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French privacy authority, has decided to take a dangerous position that supports internet censorship.  The CNIL, along with others in Europe, wants Google to remove links from the global search index under Europe’s “Right to Be Forgotten” law (RTBF). The position, which is …

French Privacy Regulator Fines Google For Not Removing RTBF Links Outside Of Europe Read More »

It seems that with all the stuff going on in Europe with Right to be Forgotten, it seems that it’s potentially getting popular with other countries.  There could be a version of Right to be Forgotten in Japan soon, as two Japanese courts who recently ordered Yahoo Japan and Google to remove indexed reports of …

Japan Courts Order Removal Of Criminal Activity From Search As Privacy Violation Read More »

Recently, the privacy regulator of France (CNIL) has rejected Google’s arguments against expanding the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) to the company’s global index.  It’s well known that Google has been limiting RTBF removals to European domains like Google.fr. The privacy regulators in Europe feel that by being given the ability to access Google.com to access “removed” …

French Believe They Have Authority To Regulate Google Globally In The Right To Be Forgotten Case Read More »

After France coming out swinging saying that they want a globalization of Right To Be Forgotten, Google has formally appealed their data protection authority’s order that would apply to RTBF removals to the global index.  The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) protested the Europe-only removal policy, feeling that they have failed to apply the …

Google Fights France To Prevent Globalization Of The Right-to-Be-Forgotten Read More »

It was announced last month that Google would be making efforts to help eliminate “revenge porn” from making its presence known on their search results by coming up with a system that allows people to report explicit images posted of them without their consent. Microsoft has decided to do the same thing by launched a new reporting …

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