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I was hoping the "right to be forgotten" in regards to search engines would be removed. I don't think it was. Do anyone know why?

• ocdtrekkie 11y ago
  Privacy is a fundamental right for EU citizens, it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
  • yuhong 11y ago
    I am talking about a specific kind of privacy, for example for non-search engines right to be forgotten in the sense of deleting accounts for example does make sense.
    • ocdtrekkie 11y ago
      Search engines are the only practical way to make RTBF work.
      • yuhong 11y ago
        Once personal information is removed from the original source (such as Facebook) it generally gets removed from search engine indexes in time. It does not make sense to remove news articles and the like anyway. It might make sense to push older news articles down in the results.
        • heinrich5991 11y ago
          Practically speaking, it's probably easier to get the results off search engines than it is to get them off random websites (EDIT: easier, or at all possible).
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          • ocdtrekkie 11y ago
            Exactly. Websites are hosted all over the world by businesses with no revenue in the EU. Search engines are pretty much universal, and a central source to enforce. Furthermore, the original article may have good reasons to remain, and be searchable as part of other topics, but simply shouldn't be a result for that person's name.
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