Google removes search results under ‘right to be forgotten’ rules

Google has started removing search results in Europe to comply with new rules on the “right to be forgotten.”

Whenever a search for a name on Google is conducted, the results page includes the statement: “Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe”. This statement appears for any name apart from those of celebrities. The company plans to start the takedown process slowly, before accelerating once it is confident its systems are working properly. Google has also started to notify individuals whose requests it will not honour and those whose are incomplete, as well as the owners of websites affected by the takedowns.