Following the ruling of the European Court of Justice (the Court)
in relation to the right to be forgotten, Google has launched a
procedure for European individuals to submit requests to have links
to their personal data removed from the internet.
On 13 May 2014 the Court ruled that search engines were
required, upon the request of an individual, to remove links to
personal data of that individual where the data was no longer
relevant for the purposes for which it was collected.
European individuals can now submit their requests to Google
through a web page and are required to provide links to the
material they would like to be removed, their country of origin,
the reason for their request and valid photo identification.
Removal of links should commence from mid-June although Google has
decided to assess the quantity of requests, of which several
thousand have already been received, before deciding how many
employees will be dedicated to the task of assessing the
