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 entitled “Three years of the Right to be Forgotten.” The 17-page document analyzes requests European citizens have made to delist URLs under the “Right to be Forgotten” online privacy statute. 

Google’s transparency report found that from 2014-2017, Europeans requested that Google delist 2.4 million URLs from search, primarily regarding individuals’ personal information, or legal history.  Read more…

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