Swamped with requests: Google said it complied with nearly 46% of the 10,121 requests in Belgium, nearly 41% of the 9,687 requests in Sweden, and about 45% of the 8,339 requests in Switzerland.
SAN FRANCISCO: Since a top European court ruled people have a right to be forgotten online, Google has received 348,085 requests for tidbits to vanish from search results.
Silicon Valley-based Google, a subsidiary of newly-created parent company Alphabet, complied with less that half of the demands, basing decisions on criteria intended to balance privacy with the public’s right to know.
