EU Invites Google, Microsoft, Yahoo to Discuss 'Right to Be Forgotten'

European Union privacy watchdogs are raising concerns about Google 's implementation of the bloc's new "right to be forgotten" rule ahead of a meeting with search engines next week, EU privacy officials said, raising the specter of a conflict over how to apply the court decision.

The main body grouping together the EU's 28 national privacy regulators said that it has invited Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to a meeting July 24 in Brussels to discuss the surprise May ruling that gives individuals the right to request the removal of information about them from search results. In the run-up to the meeting, regulators have also been publicly and privately pressuring the search giant, for instance pushing it to stop notifying websites when it removes links to their pages arguing it undermines the right to be forgotten, according to a person familiar with the matter.


EU Invites Google, Microsoft, Yahoo to Discuss 'Right to Be Forgotten'