An advisory council made up of Google, the search engine supported the decision to implement the right to oblivion only in the Union European. European regulators require the rule applies worldwide
Fri February 6, 2015
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Google named, in May last year, a committee of eight independent experts to advise him on the difficult implementation of the decision of the court of the EU on the right of the people who forget certain information. The group is composed of academics clarify that they are not paid more than the expenses and has no contract nor any confidentiality agreement with the company.
The original text of the order of “right forgotten “demanded search engines remove personal information unless it is deemed in the public interest. So far Google only applied the principle in its European domains. The searches done through Google.com, even if made in Europe continue to show results that have been removed. We must clarify that the material is not removed from the Internet, simply take it out engines lists from appearing in results.
In its 44-page report released today, the panel majority supports Google position. They say that users outside of Europe are entitled to seek information and get that restrictions may violate laws in other countries. But not all committee members agreed. Sabine Leutheusser, former federal minister of justice in Germany, issued its opinion disagree arguing for stricter censorship: “The internet is global, the protection of users’ rights must also be global. Any leakage of these rights must be prevented. “
Jimmy Wales explicit the contrary view. He wrote:
“I am totally opposed to a legal situation in which a business is forced to become a judge of our most fundamental rights of expression and privacy, without allowing any proper procedure to appeal publishers whose works are being abolished. ”
Wales far as to ask the European Parliament to amend the law to “add a proper judicial oversight and strengthening freedom of expression.”
The report will be reviewed by European officials, but surely not end here clashes over the controversial law.
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