Saturday, May 31, 2014

Google gives Europeans the right to remove their own data from search engine

Google has launched a service that allows Europeans to request deletion of their personal data from the search results that appear on the search engine Google.com, and in compliance with the court ruling was issued earlier in the month of May / May.
The court was prominent in the European Union had ruled before the people for granted " the right to be forgotten " , and said that any link to the data irrelevant or neglected must be erased when requested.
For its part , Google said it will appreciate the value of any request and will balance between the privacy rights of individuals with the public's right to know and the dissemination of information . She added, " When evaluating your request , we will consider whether the results include information about you old , as well as whether there was a public interest in knowing that information ."
Google said it would consider the information in dealing with " financial fraud , professional malpractice , and criminal convictions , or general conduct of government officials " while deciding on the request .
The company said it will proceed to remove the information from mid- June next , and that any results affected by the removal process will be marked to show the searchers
She explained that Google's decisions on removing data will be by the people instead of algorithms that control almost the modus operandi of every other part of the system, search engine, will also be overseeing the disagreements about whether to remove the information or not , by national agencies for the protection of data.
The information will only hide them from the search results that appear within Europe , as it will appear in other parts of the world.
The European Court of Justice has ruled on May 13 / May instant links that is related or neglected must remain on the search engine when requested by their owners .
The case was filed by a Spanish man complained that the notice of the private auction house has appeared within the Google search results , which promise a violation of privacy .
Google Inc. said Friday it will be able to EU citizens who wish to remove their information from Google search results by filling out a form on the Internet, where they will have to provide the Company with the links they want to remove them , and the state in which they live , as well as the reason behind the request.

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