Right to be forgotten in the EU In an interview with European officials at a conference on information technology held by the European Commission in May, Google’s head of privacy Al Verne said there had been “tremendous pressure”
On it to take down sensitive information from search result. Mr. Verne said that Google offer to take down link to sites that found to be in breach of privacy law, and the commission agree that go far enough.
Politician
But the decision met with a furious reaction, both from politician and data protection authorities, which led to Google having its request for European data to be remove from search result rebuff by the Information Commissioner Office in London.
Meanwhile the US company has had its requests to have individual URLs removed from Google search results in the EU rejected by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
Enforce
The dithering has led to growing alarm from many politicians. Who have written to Ms Cox to ask her to reconsider her position. MEPs on the European Parliament’s Justice committee have also written to Ms Cox asking for her to drop her refusal to enforce the “right to be forgot” as an EU regulation.
EU Justice commissioner Viviane Redding has also added her weight to the campaign to force Google to comply. She issued a statement to the AFP news agency saying it was “wrong to delay the enforcement of the right to be forgot”.
Protect
I have always said that the right to be forgot will not be enforce by default in Europe. It is the responsible of the right hold to prove that his or her content not found to be in breach of the law.
Furthermore, she said that while she was aware of the pressure on the company to take down result. And to protect its brand. She expect Google to reach a common position with Member States. On the application of the right to be forgot. Because only then can it become a reality.
Unwilling Act
Block request If she is unwilling to act on the committee’s requests. MPs may choose to take the issue to the European Court of Justice to ensure the directive is adhere to.
Or the European court of justice. To make rulings on the decision to refuse request for online material to be take down.
Data Protection Law
The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has written to ministers urging them to give the commission more power to make decisions on the right to be forgot. The Information Commissioner has rule that Google is not in breach of data protection. Laws by not removing search results in the EU.
However, the Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has been criticize for taking a more narrow approach to the issue by focusing solely on the removal of data that may infringe the right to privacy. The results of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s inquiry into Google’s handling of the right to be forgot will be publish on Tuesday.
