Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 19 SEPTEMBER 2014

By Notifying Content Removal, Google Makes Remedy Worse Than Disease

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Contributor
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Our clients are increasingly operating in South-East Asia and require legal assistance in the...

View firm profile
Explore more from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Opening up information via search engines creates a need for new a debate on end dates.

NetherlandsPrivacy

Opening up information via search engines creates a need for new a debate on end dates. It looks like Google is dutifully implementing the right to be forgotten. Immediately after the European Court's benchmark decision, the search giant launched an online form for Europeans. They could request removal of links to certain pages containing personal information. Google was flooded by removal requests — the current total is 328,000 URLs — and swiftly started removing links. But not all is as it seems.

Click here to read the full article by Lokke Moerel. Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, 30 August 2014

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

See more popular content from