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Academics Call For Greater Transparency About Google's Right To Be Forgotten

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-us-the-list dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Just yesterday Google revealed that it rejects most Right To Be Forgotten requests it receives. In publishing yet another transparency report, the search giant will have hoped to have put to bed any questions that users and critics may have had. While the report may have satisfied some, it did not go anywhere near far enough for one group of academics. A total of 80 university professors, law experts and technology professionals have written an open letter to Google demanding greater transparency. The letter calls upon the company to reveal more about how Right To Be Forgotten requests are handled so that the public is aware of the control that is being exerted over "readily accessible information."

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  1. There is a bypass. by SimonTheSoundMan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just go to http://google.com/ncr to bypass it.

  2. The letter isn't an endorsement of this mess... by gbcox · · Score: 3, Informative

    Rather a request to understand the process Google is using... the problem of course is the EU Courts came up with this ridiculous requirement, the punted to Google to figure it out. In fact, this isn't a "right to be forgotten", but rather the "right to attempt to make it more difficult to retrieve information". Removing information from the search engine doesn't get rid of the information. If the information is public record then it should be available. If the information is erroneous, then people should go to the source and have it removed. Now of course some in the EU are trying to force Google to make this world-wide - good luck with that... ain't gonna happen.