Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information 138
itwbennett (1594911) writes 'In the three weeks since a key ruling by the European Court of Justice about the so-called right to be forgotten, Google has already received around 41,000 requests to delete links to personal information from its search results (within 24 hours of putting the form online, Google had reportedly received 12,000 deletion requests). It should be noted, though, that there is no absolute right to have information deleted, and Google will have to weigh a number of criteria in responding to the requests to delete links, including relevance of the information, and the time passed since the facts related.'
Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? (Score:5, Funny)
You're a bit insane, you know that?
Oh certainly, but that's beside the point. :)
Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? (Score:2, Funny)
Failing to employ someone in there 40s because they had a shoplifting conviction when they were 18 is unfair on the silly mistakes of youth.
Unfair? They should have seen the internet coming, like the rest of us.