{{Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results.}}<\/p>\n
The move comes after a landmark European Union court ruling earlier this month, which gave people the “right to be forgotten”.<\/p>\n
Links to “irrelevant” and outdated data should be erased on request, it said. <\/p>\n
Google said it would assess each request and balance “privacy rights of the individual with the public’s right to know and distribute information”.<\/p>\n
“When evaluating your request, we will look at whether the results include outdated information about you, as well as whether there’s a public interest in the information,” Google says on the form which applicants must fill in.<\/p>\n
Google said it would look at information about “financial scams, professional malpractice, criminal convictions, or public conduct of government officials” while deciding on the request. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the BBC learned that more than half of requests sent to Google from UK individuals involved convicted criminals.<\/p>\n
This included a man convicted of possessing child abuse images who had also asked for links to pages about his conviction to be wiped.<\/p>\n
On 13 May, the EU’s court of justice ruled that links to “irrelevant” and outdated data on search engines should be erased on request.<\/p>\n
The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home, which appeared on Google’s search results, infringed his privacy.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Google said that EU citizens who want their private details removed from the search engine will be able to do so by filling out an online form.<\/p>\n
However, they will need to provide links to the material they want removed, their country of origin, and a reason for their request.<\/p>\n
Individuals will also have to attach a valid photo identity.<\/p>\n
“Google often receives fraudulent removal requests from people impersonating others, trying to harm competitors, or improperly seeking to suppress legal information,” the firm said.<\/p>\n
“To prevent this kind of abuse, we need to verify identity.”<\/p>\n
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