Google gets 348,085 ‘forget’ requests in Europe


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 26 Nov 2015

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. 

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