The search engine Google in three days received more than 41,000 applications for European citizens to their data be withdrawn from the research, told the Lusa agency responsible for the company announced in Portugal.
The Court of Justice of the European Union in May recognized the right of citizens to be “forgotten” on the Internet. The decision allows Europeans to ask Google and other search engines for online connections to certain personal information be removed from searches. The measure took effect from May 30, and that same day, the company received 12 000 applications for oblivion on the Internet. Three days later, on 02 June, the total order “was in the house of 41,000,” he told Lusa the same source, explaining that the company only discloses aggregate figures and does not specify the countries of source applications. In order to comply with the court’s decision, Google has created an online form through which citizens can request the removal of this search engine results. “The decision obligates Google to make a difficult review between what is right to be forgotten and the public right to access to information, so the company is creating a committee of expert advisors with the objective of bring a deeper insight into this matter, “added the same source. The company ensures that each application will be considered individually but did not commit to deadlines to remove the links, whereas it depends on each application. The decision on the right to be “forgotten” only applies to EU citizens and comes at a time in Europe growing concern about security of personal data on the Internet. * This article was written under the new orthographic agreement applied by the agency Lusa
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