Google to defy France's ruling on ‘right to be forgotten’July 31, 2015 - 08:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google is to defy France's ruling that the "right to be forgotten" should be applied globally and not just in Europe. Last month, the French privacy watchdog, CNIL, ordered the firm to extend people's right to have posts removed from its websites worldwide, including Google.com. Google said it "respectfully" disagreed with CNIL's authority to make such an order. The firm now faces possible fines. A 2014 court ruling allows Europeans to submit applications to Google to remove data from search results that they thought were out of date, irrelevant or inflammatory. Google is believed to have processed more than one million requests to remove data since the ruling came into effect. It reviews all requests and refuses those it judges have no merit. However, those that are deleted are removed on its European websites such as Google.de or Google.fr. They are not removed from Google.com. The company points out that more than 95% of searches in Europe are made on the firm's local websites. In a blogpost, Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer wrote that the French regulator's request was a "troubling development that risks serious chilling effects on the web". "While the right to be forgotten may now be the law in Europe, it is not the law globally," he continued. "As a matter of principle, therefore, we respectfully disagree with the CNIL's assertion of global authority on this issue and we have asked the CNIL to withdraw its formal notice." The CNIL said it would look into Google's appeal and make a decision in two months on whether to accept it. "We have taken note of Google's arguments which are mostly of a political nature. The CNIL, on the other hand, has relied on a strictly legal reasoning," a spokeswoman said. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |