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Top Reasons Why Google Won't Hide a Webpage Under the E.U.'s 'right to be forgotten"

         

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4:30 pm on May 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

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The E.U.'s 'right to be forgotten' caused a bit of a stir in 2014 and has since turned out to be a chore for search companies, including Google.

Here are the top reasons for rejection by Google for the 'right to be forgotten' requests.

"Concerns your professional activity" at almost 30%.
"You are the origin of this content" is at almost 20%, and "The information is about another person" is just under 10%

I sometimes wonder why they were even made in the first place, especially being the originator of the content. My guess is they made a mistake, published it online, and they want to retract it. The top rejection is about what you do in your job, and not personal.
What you say on the Internet is in the public domain.

Here's the full list.
[uk.businessinsider.com...]

lucy24

9:06 pm on May 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

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I saw the topic header and, so help me, I thought it was going to be a humorous listicle. Well, maybe I wasn't so wrong.
"You are the origin of this content"

Now where have I seen this before? Oh yes: Litigant on never-mind-which courtroom TV show was trying to sue someone for slander and defamation because they'd badmouthed them on Facebook-or-similar. Judge asks, reasonably enough, how other people found out about the postings. Answer, "I showed them."

There doesn't seem to be an awful lot of difference between "you are the origin" and "your profile".