Google released a new report detailing transparency has assessed 1,235,473 to remove links in response to requests from users in Europe.
This process is running the company, since the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in 2014 that the citizens of this continent have the right to have their personal information deleted Internet.
According to figures provided in the report, the Internet giant 441.778 eliminated URL (42 percent) and chose not to withdraw 608.928 bonds (58 percent). The company says there are URL to assess because they need more information
These are some of the sites where most of the URLs were removed. Facebook (10229), YouTube (5368), Google Plus (4137), Twitter (3894), among others.
Case applications
Google explained in the report some of requests received from users in Europe, so that your personal information be removed from the search engine. Here are some examples:
1) A public official of Hungary requested the search giant, it will recall recent items “that talk about a criminal conviction of several decades old”. The company said it did not remove the information.
2) In Latvia a political activist was stabbed during a protest and requested the removal of a link to a note on the incident. “We eliminated the pages of search results that include the name of the victim,” said Google.
3) In Italy, a woman made a request that Google remove a newspaper article about the murder of her husband, who had posted long and included her name. The company decided to remove the search pages where the information was.
4) In the UK, a person asked to take off Internet links to articles about your fired “for sexual offenses committed at work.” Google ignored this request.
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