Google users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results

New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves::Google users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results

    • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Pretty sure the “right to be forgotten” already exists legally in a couple of places.
      Google doesn’t provide an easy dashboard to request link deletion, but they do have to comply in places like the EU and UK (if I recall correctly)

      • sachamato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Max Schrems Costeja case in Spain,

        Both set up the ground for the Right to be Forgotten to be born, and also the right of the data subject to request deletion from indexed sites. Such as Google. And this directly in my residence country (EU Based since this falls under the GDPR scope) but basically Mr Costeja was granted the right to pose a formal petition to the Spanish Google office (not finally considered a sucursal) and not directed to the Irish headquarters, as Google argued. So yes, we have a right to be forgotten… Just try and Excercise it towards Google and you might end up in front of the EU Comission :S. Talk about evil corps…

    • finkrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ll take it, very rare when companies give a shit about user privacy in the US, not like Europe.