A year has passed since theEU ruledthat people have the “ right to be forgotten ” online , and Google hasbeen busy off linkswhen people ask it to . But now it ’s accidentally break details about the requests — and it turns out the Sojourner Truth is less salacious than you may have hoped for .
The Guardian stumbled across the detailshidden within the source code of Google ’s owntransparency write up . The data , which accounts for over three quarters of all the caseful made to date , reveal that 95 percent of the requests were made by citizens simply wanting to protect their personal and private entropy . The paper advert object lesson like a char asking to remove her name from a news articles when her husband died , and someone who want their address to be taken down . Only the stay 5 percentage relate to other criminal , politicians and high - visibility public name .
The data reveals that just under half of all the requests made were de - listed from individual name hunting on the ground of “ private or personal selective information . ” Less than 1 percent were successful in being de - lean that relate to “ serious crime ” , “ public figure ” , “ political ” or “ kid protection ” issuing . ( Those are Google ’s label . ) you’re able to read a more in - depth analysis of the information overon the Guardian web site .
The source code from which the details were garnered has now been updated , with these figures removed . Google lay claim to the Guardianits presence was “ part of a test to figure out how we could best categorise requests ” for transparence reporting . It was deemed “ not honest enough for publication”—but Google claims to be ferment on how good to report the foil with which its right - to - be - draw a blank requests are made .
[ Guardian ]
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