Google ordered to remove links to ‘right to be forgotten’ removal stories
Found on The Guardian on Friday, 21 August 2015
Google has been ordered by the Information Commissioner’s office to remove nine links to current news stories about older reports which themselves were removed from search results under the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling.
Deputy commissioner David Smith said: “The European court ruling last year was clear that links prompted by searching on an individual’s name are subject to data protection rules. That means they shouldn’t include personal information that is no longer relevant.”
Maybe someone should tell them that their efforts are pointless because you simply need to run your Google search outside of Europe, eg via a proxy and get full, unfiltered results.