Google to Microsoft Face User-Request Overload in Europe
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Deleting personal information online is costly and time-consuming for Web companies. Those difficulties are now set to be magnified in Europe for Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and others.
The European Union’s top court yesterday ruled citizens have a “right to be forgotten” online, meaning people may ask search-engine owners to remove personal information and request that a court or data-protection authority step in if a company doesn’t comply. The EU decision doesn’t spell out what types of information must be removed and doesn’t provide exemptions for data that are true or from a reputable source.