4 days agoGoogle wins in court, shuts down electronic addresses
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The highest European court has ruled that the American technological giant, Google, is not obliged to apply the requirements for eliminating the history of individuals assigned to the research machine. This decision stems from a disagreement between the American company and the French private regulator, CNIL. In 2015, this institution had ordered the company “Google” [...]
This decision stems from a disagreement between the American company and the French private regulator, CNIL. In 2015, this institution had ordered the company “Google” to remove links containing harmful or false data for one person.
A year later, company officials began applying this command only to users in Europe but not to the rest of the world. Moreover, the company had also rejected a fine of 100,000 euros from this French institution.
The American company was also supported by the company “Microsofft”, page “kipedia” and several media organisations.
Company officials have said that more than 845 000 requests for the removal of 3.3 million electronic addresses have been accepted so far, some 45 percent wrote “BBC”
