The right to forget, an ethical question for Google and Bing

After a lengthy procedure, the European Court of Justice (CEJ) obliges search engines to apply the right to deindexation and thus make personal information difficult to find.
Although Google totally disagreed with this decision, it was the first to follow this law and even set up a committee of 10 experts on the subject, including a French woman, Sylvie Kauffmann, the editorial director of the daily Le Monde.
On July 17, 2014, it is the search engine Bing (belonging to Microsoft) that launches its form of right to forgetfulness.

How do I play my right to forget about Google and Bing?

The complaints of the Net surfers are evidently ... on line, via a form. Applications will be studied by Bing and Google as they go along, before making a decision to remove references related to a person's simple name.
The right to forget Bing and Google form are fairly easy to complete:
https://www.bing.com/webmaster/tools/eu-privacy-request
https://support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch

Only constraint: find and list all the addresses and URLs where our name appears and that we want to disappear Google and Bing searches.

How are applications for the right to forget?

Upholding its ight of oblivion is not instantaneous: After validation of the form, Google sends us this "little" message "We are currently in the process of adapting our links removal system to the requirements of EU law protects the message. As soon as our system is operational, we will process your request as soon as our workload allows. "
In fact, each application must be considered on a case-by-case basis in order to determine information in the private sphere or in the public interest. Not simple! Several criteria are studied for deliberation, such as the type of site on which the publications appear, the date or the political scope. After the files have been consulted, the committee can render its conclusions without knowing whether they will be taken into account by the European Court of Justice.

The right to forget: a strong demand from Internet users ... and policies

Since its inception on May 30, 2014, more than 70,000 Google's Right to Forget forms (12,000 on the first day) have been completed, representing nearly 250,000 web pages. The search engine has begun to sort and respond to requests but is faced with a problem. Most of the forms concern catering and hospitality professionals who want to eliminate the bad reviews. Many former political leaders have also come forward to hide "mistakes of the past".

France, European champion of the right to forget digital

France is far ahead of the number of requests registered for requests for deindexation. French Internet users seem the most anxious to do a little cleaning on the web . With 14,086 completed forms, it is ahead of Germany (12,600), the United Kingdom (8,500) and Spain (6,100).

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