Anyone wanting Google to remove links to information about them will have to report three things on the company’s new online form: the URL of the offending material, their home country, and an explanation of why they think the links should disappear, writes Richard Waters.
Google says it will examine all requests against the criteria set by the court – employing humans, not algorithms, to make the judgments. Links are due to start disappearing after the middle of June.
The excisions will only be made from Google’s European sites, since most searches are local. A query on Google.com, for instance, would still show the offending material.