Google will be cheered by the view of an influential advisor to Europe’s top court vis-a-vis the territorial scope of the so-called ‘Right to be Forgotten’. Since a 2014 Court of Justice decision, search engines operating in Europe have been required to accept and review requests from private citizens to delist outdated or irrelevant search […]
View More Advisor to Europe’s top court favors regional limit to ‘right to be forgotten’Category: right to be forgotten
Google back in court arguing against a global ‘right to be forgotten’
Google’s lawyers are in Europe’s top court today arguing against applying the region’s so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling globally domains, rather only geo-limiting delistings to European sub-domains (as it does now). The original rtbf ruling was also a European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision. Back in 2014 the court ruled search engines must respect Europeans’ privacy […]
View More Google back in court arguing against a global ‘right to be forgotten’UK data protection complaints more than double under new GDPR rules
The number of complaints filed with the UK data protection watchdog has more than doubled since the introduction of new European regulations. There were 6,281 complaints filed with the Information Commissioner’s Office between May 25 when the new GDPR rules went into effect and July 3, a rise of more than double from the 2,417 […]
View More UK data protection complaints more than double under new GDPR rulesTo truly protect citizens, lawmakers need to restructure their regulatory oversight of big tech
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View More To truly protect citizens, lawmakers need to restructure their regulatory oversight of big techGoogle loses landmark ‘right to be forgotten’ case
A businessman has won the first ‘right to be forgotten’ lawsuit against Google in the UK high court, according to the BBC.
The right to be forgotten (RTBF) is an online privacy statute that the European Court of Justice passed in 2014. It states that…
Europeans asked Google for their ‘Right to be Forgotten’ 2.4 million times
After three years in effect, the European ruling with a name that sounds like it’s straight out of a science-fiction book is revealing the things people most want to hide about themselves online.
Google published a new transparency report on Monday e…
WTF is GDPR?
Within a matter of months, the General Data Protection Regulation will apply across the EU and business processing citizens’ data will need to be sure they’re compliant. We explain the major changes incoming and take a look at some possible impacts… Read More
View More WTF is GDPR?Segment has a plan to help companies comply with GDPR data privacy requests
Segment is a startup that helps companies collect customer data from a variety of siloed sources and place that data in a single usable record. Today, it announced it has added a new tool to prepare for the EU’s GDPR privacy guidelines, which are coming in May next year. The new tool makes it a simple matter to stop collecting data or completely remove a person’s information from… Read More
View More Segment has a plan to help companies comply with GDPR data privacy requests