Google, which was founded with the aim of indexing “all the world’s information”, took a grudging step back from its idealistic principles yesterday as it started removing search results in Europe to comply with new rules on the “right to be forgotten”.
Europe’s highest court last month ruled that individuals had the right to request the removal of links to personal information under certain conditions.
“This is a cosmically big deal,” said Michael Fertik, founder of Reputation.com. “For the first time under the law, privacy and dignity are getting the same treatment” as other areas such as copyright.
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