Google Adapting Its Approach To The Right To Be Forgotten

[HardOCP News]

Google confirmed today that it is changing the way it handles the right to be forgotten requests. From now on, Google will delist right to be forgotten people from all of its domains when accessed from the country of the person requesting the removal.

Starting next week, in addition to our existing practice, we will also use geolocation signals (like IP addresses) to restrict access to the delisted URL on all Google Search domains, including google.com, when accessed from the country of the person requesting the removal. We’ll apply the change retrospectively, to all delistings that we have already done under the European Court ruling.

 

[Gorankar]

So, just use a proxy if you want the unabridged internet when in parts of Europe. Got it.

 

[Derfman]

This. Did Europe actually think Google would not find a way to localize these requests when they made such a law?

 

[Chaos Machine]

Seems fair to me, they are obeying the letter of the law. They can't control proxies.