Google Gets Removal Requests After EU Privacy Ruling
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Google Inc., complying with a top court ruling that backs European citizens’ right to delete personal information on the Internet, received 12,000 requests in the first day of offering an online removal form.
The world’s biggest search provider set up the website on May 29, following a ruling by the EU Court of Justice earlier this month that citizens’ fundamental rights could be harmed by information on the Web and where there’s no public interest in publishing it. Google has also formed a group of Internet experts, including Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, to advise the company on the ruling.