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Google faces data watchdogs over 'right to be forgotten'
Friday, 25th July 2014 07:55 BST (Europe/London)
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Google has met data regulators from across the European Union to discuss the implications of the recent "right to be forgotten" ruling.
An EU court ruled in May that links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased from searches on request, leading to censorship concerns.
The decision and Google's handling of the requests have been heavily debated.
The BBC understands that the search firm informed the watchdogs that it had now received more than 91,000 requests.
These in turn covered a total of 328,000 links that applicants wanted taken down.
The regulators were told that the greatest number of these came from France, followed by Germany, then Great Britain and Spain.
Across Europe as a whole, the search engine - which has been critical of the court's ruling - has:
- Approved more than 50% of the requests
- Asked for more information in about 15% of the cases
- Rejected more than 30% of the applications
Written by Dave Lee @ BBC News
Original Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194
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