Predictably since the court ruling last week Google has received more requests from individuals wishing to be forgotten and not surprisingly it’s individuals with histories to hide including an ex-politician standing for re-election and a paedophile. If you didn’t spot that ruling, see my earlier post.

Google is reported to be working on an automatic tool to handle such requests.

This is a poor step forward for data protection, don’t you agree?

See also:

• EU privacy ruling knocks Google
• ICO reaction to Google ruling
• Google reacts to EU data ruling

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