Tag Archives: right to be forgotten

Microsoft is following Google in allowing people to request results be removed from searches for certain keywords. A form on Bing allows users to submit a request directly to Microsoft in accordance with the “right to be forgotten” law that came into effect several weeks ago. Microsoft state that they will deal with each request individually and ask users to ...

Last week Google began to remove search results due to a ruling from the European Union Court of Justice. The ruling compelled Google to remove any results about individuals that are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed”. However, various news outlets in the UK say that stories have ...

Google has begun to remove search results that relate to particular individuals. The action by the search engine comes after a controversial ruling from the European Union Court of Justice. The Court ruled that Google had to change its search results that were irrelevant or outdated at the request of ordinary people. The ruling was described by EU Justice Commissioner ...