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[h=1]Google chief bows to landmark 'right to be forgotten' ruling and introduces form to get yourself removed from search results[/h]
PUBLISHED: 09:11 GMT, 30 May 2014 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 30 May 2014
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Google's chief executive has bowed to a landmark 'right to be forgotten' ruling and has today introduced a new form letting people apply to get themselves removed from search results.
The changes come after the European Court of Justice ruled people have the 'right to be forgotten' - meaning Google searches linked to individuals can taken down if they tarnish their reputation.
But in his first interview since the decision, company co-founder Larry Page suggested authoritarian states around the world will see the changes as a green light to internet censorship.
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Co-founder and CEO Larry Page has warned that a European court ruling on 'the right to be forgotten' will help corrupt governments around the world
In an interview with the Financial Times, he said: 'It will be used by other governments that aren't as forward and progressive as Europe to do bad things.
'Other people are going to pile on, probably... for reasons most Europeans would find negative.'
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He also told of his fears that the ruling, seen as the biggest ever privacy setback for an online company, would discourage would-be internet entrepreneurs from setting up new businesses.
Google is launching the online form today to allow people to have links to information taken down from the website's search results.
The company will review the deluge of requests it is expected to receive, with some links expected to be taken down within weeks.
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From today, Google's website will contain a form for users who want links to information about them removed
The ruling has been criticised after it emerged many of the 3,000-plus requests the company has already received were from corrupt public figures and criminals desperate to hide their past.
Google says it wants to strike a balance between people's right to privacy and maintaining links to information that is in the public interest.
A company spokesman said: 'In implementing this decision, we will assess each individual request and attempt to balance the privacy rights of the individual with the public's right to know and distribute information.'
[h=3]HOW WILL THE NEW SYSTEM WORK?
[/h]People who want links about them taken down from Google will have to give the company the URL or web address of the offending webpage, their home country and an explanation of why they think the link should be removed.
Google insists 'humans, not algorithms' will make the decision after looking into the applicant's case.
The plans only extend to local or national sites, e.g. Google.co.uk, and searches in Google.com will still show the person's undesired results.
Cases where Google does not agree with the applicant will be passed on to national data protection agencies.
Searchers will then be notified if a link has been removed, although the original webpage will remain online.
Mr Page said the powerful and famous will still be scrutinised online, adding: 'I'm a public figure. There are lots of things that are written about me that I'm sure are untrue. I kind of deal with that.'
The original information about people will not be removed from the internet and will still exist on the relevant website, but web users will not see it in their Google searches or be able to link to it through the site.
Cases which Google refuses to act upon will be handed over to national data protection agencies, such as Britain's Information Commissioner's Office, which are braced for a flood of requests in coming months.
Germany, whose citizens have contributed 40 per cent of the requests to Google so far, is even considering bringing in a new division of courts to hear internet privacy disputes.
Concerns have been raised that the ruling could lead to censorship after it emerged that an actor who had an affair with a teenager, a celebrity's child who was convicted of criminal offices and a man who tried to kill members of his family were among the first requests received.
Around 30 per cent of the requests Google has been sent so far concern fraud, 12 per are related to paedophilia and 20 per cent concern reports of people's arrests or convictions.
The original case regarding the right to be forgotten was brought by a Spanish man who claimed his privacy had been infringed by an auction notice for his repossessed home.
Under Article 17 of the European Data Protection Regulation, internet users who are mentioned in data have the right to 'obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data relating to them and the abstention from further dissemination of such data'.
Yahoo Inc which also operates a search engine in Europe, has previously said it is 'carefully reviewing' the decision to assess the impact for its business and its users.
Microsoft, which operates the Bing search engine, has previously declined to comment on the ruling.
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[h=1]Google chief bows to landmark 'right to be forgotten' ruling and introduces form to get yourself removed from search results[/h]
- Company chief warns the changes will play into the hands of tyrants
- Larry Page says Euro court ruling will also hamper new internet firms
- Search engine to allow people to have links about them taken down
- Flood of cases expected following European court ruling on privacy
- Google says it will balance rights of individuals with public interest
- Mr Page insists public figures will not be protected from scrutiny
PUBLISHED: 09:11 GMT, 30 May 2014 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 30 May 2014
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Google's chief executive has bowed to a landmark 'right to be forgotten' ruling and has today introduced a new form letting people apply to get themselves removed from search results.
The changes come after the European Court of Justice ruled people have the 'right to be forgotten' - meaning Google searches linked to individuals can taken down if they tarnish their reputation.
But in his first interview since the decision, company co-founder Larry Page suggested authoritarian states around the world will see the changes as a green light to internet censorship.
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Co-founder and CEO Larry Page has warned that a European court ruling on 'the right to be forgotten' will help corrupt governments around the world
In an interview with the Financial Times, he said: 'It will be used by other governments that aren't as forward and progressive as Europe to do bad things.
'Other people are going to pile on, probably... for reasons most Europeans would find negative.'
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He also told of his fears that the ruling, seen as the biggest ever privacy setback for an online company, would discourage would-be internet entrepreneurs from setting up new businesses.
Google is launching the online form today to allow people to have links to information taken down from the website's search results.
The company will review the deluge of requests it is expected to receive, with some links expected to be taken down within weeks.
+3
From today, Google's website will contain a form for users who want links to information about them removed
The ruling has been criticised after it emerged many of the 3,000-plus requests the company has already received were from corrupt public figures and criminals desperate to hide their past.
Google says it wants to strike a balance between people's right to privacy and maintaining links to information that is in the public interest.
A company spokesman said: 'In implementing this decision, we will assess each individual request and attempt to balance the privacy rights of the individual with the public's right to know and distribute information.'
[h=3]HOW WILL THE NEW SYSTEM WORK?
[/h]People who want links about them taken down from Google will have to give the company the URL or web address of the offending webpage, their home country and an explanation of why they think the link should be removed.
Google insists 'humans, not algorithms' will make the decision after looking into the applicant's case.
The plans only extend to local or national sites, e.g. Google.co.uk, and searches in Google.com will still show the person's undesired results.
Cases where Google does not agree with the applicant will be passed on to national data protection agencies.
Searchers will then be notified if a link has been removed, although the original webpage will remain online.
Mr Page said the powerful and famous will still be scrutinised online, adding: 'I'm a public figure. There are lots of things that are written about me that I'm sure are untrue. I kind of deal with that.'
The original information about people will not be removed from the internet and will still exist on the relevant website, but web users will not see it in their Google searches or be able to link to it through the site.
Cases which Google refuses to act upon will be handed over to national data protection agencies, such as Britain's Information Commissioner's Office, which are braced for a flood of requests in coming months.
Germany, whose citizens have contributed 40 per cent of the requests to Google so far, is even considering bringing in a new division of courts to hear internet privacy disputes.
Concerns have been raised that the ruling could lead to censorship after it emerged that an actor who had an affair with a teenager, a celebrity's child who was convicted of criminal offices and a man who tried to kill members of his family were among the first requests received.
Around 30 per cent of the requests Google has been sent so far concern fraud, 12 per are related to paedophilia and 20 per cent concern reports of people's arrests or convictions.
The original case regarding the right to be forgotten was brought by a Spanish man who claimed his privacy had been infringed by an auction notice for his repossessed home.
Under Article 17 of the European Data Protection Regulation, internet users who are mentioned in data have the right to 'obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data relating to them and the abstention from further dissemination of such data'.
Yahoo Inc which also operates a search engine in Europe, has previously said it is 'carefully reviewing' the decision to assess the impact for its business and its users.
Microsoft, which operates the Bing search engine, has previously declined to comment on the ruling.
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