Tag: BBC

  • ‘The right to be forgotten’ is fundamental

    ‘The right to be forgotten’ is fundamental

    The recent verdict by the European Court of Justice is on a lot of people’s minds. Suppose that Google would show incorrect or irrelevant information when someone searches your name; in that case, this verdict lets you file a request with Google not to show the irrelevant pages — but only if the search string…

  • Don’t ridicule the right to be forgotten

    Don’t ridicule the right to be forgotten

    The recent verdict by the European Court of Justice is on a lot of people’s minds. If Google shows irrelevant results when you search a person’s name, that person can request to have those results omitted — provided that the search string was their name. Is that an improvement of the right to privacy, or…