EU panel calls for global ‘right to be forgotten’

A European Union privacy panel wants Google to expand the “right to be forgotten” to the rest of the globe. A panel of privacy regulators called for the search engine to give Web users the power to have Google take down links to embarrassing or outdated content throughout the world. The new guidelines are not binding, but they nonetheless increase pressure on Google and are sure to meet heavy opposition from transparency advocates. “Under EU law, everyone has a right to data protection,” the panel said.