The Right to be Forgotten

Yorky

Has anyone successfully used this recent ruling to remove internet search results about them?

It's mainly details of business and voluntary activities which require removal. For example, a previous listing in Golden Pages was used by various online directories without authorisation.

Also a search under a mobile phone number produces results which require removal.

From my cursory experience, it's by no means straightforward.

If anyone knows a simple method could they post details here?

Thanks in advance

Robbo

Simply appear on a TV Talent show and 6-12 months later, no one will know your name.

Buzz Killington the third

It's great in concept but in reality it's a bullshít law that just wont work because the likes of forums wont go and delete member profiles.

jimgoose

I just sort of wander off into the desert, and eventually start shimmering and disappear, like Kwai-Chang Caine. 'Tis de job. :cool:

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

It's great in concept but in reality it's a bullshít law that just wont work because the likes of forums wont go and delete member profiles.

This site would be useless if that happened. Or at least the search function would. You'd need a new thread for every single query, if members could delete their profile and also posts there'd be large gaps in the majority of threads.

solomafioso

You have the right to cross-post.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057249654

Also, I think it rings more alarm bells about a person as Google wants a reason why you're removing yourself from searches.

*puts on tinfoil hat*

Sort of like "the lady doth protest too much methinks". You know?! No?

Buzz Killington the third

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

This site would be useless if that happened. Or at least the search function would. You'd need a new thread for every single query, if members could delete their profile and also posts there'd be large gaps in the majority of threads.

I know, that's why I said it couldn't work. Unless boards turned into 4chan and threads fell off the site after 48 hours or whatever. Which would make things very repetitive.

Birneybau

Can't remember...

Dravokivich

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

It's great in concept but in reality it's a bullshít law that just wont work because the likes of forums wont go and delete member profiles.

This process isn't about removing content, just not making it easily available in a search result.

"The Right to be Forgotten" is meant to be a catch all phrase in reference to information that is accessible and critical of the individual(s), not specific to each instance where one contributes on a website and wishes to no longer be associated.

Buzz Killington the third

Dravokivich wrote: »

This process isn't about removing content, just not making it easily available in a search result.

"The Right to be Forgotten" is meant to be a catch all phrase in reference to information that is accessible and critical of the individual(s), not specific to each instance where one contributes on a website and wishes to no longer be associated.

That's why it's a bullshít law!

Dravokivich

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

That's why it's a bullshít law!

No, it's not about one's contributions at all. If you put something up that you later regret because you feel it's embarrasing for you, that's for you to take on the chin yourself.

But if I was to do something that'd have such an impact on you, you have the means to act in defense of yourself. By limiting the availablity of others to see it. If I wrote something abusive or wrongfully critical about you here and you put your case to boards.ie, they'll handle it. If it was on my own blog, google (and whoever) will omit any results about you that match my page.

That's all this is about. (as far as I understand it)

The issue with this, which has an element of bullshít, is who determines whether or not my blog (in this scenario, I don't have one honest) is wrongfully critical and should be omitted from search results.

folan

seems im pretty forgettable anyway

Buzz Killington the third

Dravokivich wrote: »

No, it's not about one's contributions at all. If you put something up that you later regret because you feel it's embarrasing for you, that's for you to take on the chin yourself.

You see, if someone does such a thing on their blog/twitter/facebook they can delete it. On a forum they can't and as such the right to be forgotten should be enforceable. A case should be looked at from the point of damage limitation to the individual's reputation in a scenario where they have no control over the deletion of the content. It's that simple.

Dravokivich

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

You see, if someone does such a thing on their blog/twitter/facebook they can delete it. On a forum they can't and as such the right to be forgotten should be enforceable. A case should be looked at from the point of damage limitation to the individual's reputation in a scenario where they have no control over the deletion of the content. It's that simple.

"Forgotten" means nothing to this process, certainly nothing as literal as what the word actually means. All it's for, is restricting the availability of information about yourself to someone else through search engines.

BeerWolf

LINK

oppenheimer1

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

This site would be useless if that happened. Or at least the search function would. You'd need a new thread for every single query, if members could delete their profile and also posts there'd be large gaps in the majority of threads.

Not true. You could anonymise posts. In other words, rather than having the posters handle, you could have poster1234.

Anyway, boards should be deleting posts older than 2 years from the general search results. If they want to keep an archive, the data within it should be anonymisd.

Buzz Killington the third

Dravokivich wrote: »

"Forgotten" means nothing to this process, certainly nothing as literal as what the word actually means. All it's for, is restricting the availability of information about yourself to someone else through search engines.

Yes, this is why it's a bullshít law.

Bogan

Another stupid law by the EU which won't work. Just like the stupid cookie notices that pop up all the time.

catallus

I for one welcome this endeavour by the leadership.

As the net develops it will be good to have this template to safeguard the rights of citizens.

We should be grateful that our lawmakers can see beyond immediate political expediency and have the foresight to ensure the future freedoms of the people.

minidazzler

Hmm my only large online presence is here, and I know how I could go about getting rid of myself here if I wanted to. That said, until I'm world famous, I don't want to.

szatan84

Most poeple have no use of this law but that's not who its for. This law is meant for companies that will be able to use this to remove any unfavorable article/post/whatever. Its to ensure that the future customer doesnt know about the problems this company has/has had before.

darkpagandeath

What a stupid law, That's like making a library not keep an inventory of what newspapers they have. Especially if you have been to court that’s public record. Don’t know what the judge/judges were thinking on this one. Were gonna start seen multinationals using this and looking like they have never had any problems or unhappy customers.

Bogan

All people have to do is use google.com rather than the local Google sites. These people are making stupid laws and they don't even understand computer basics.

Capt'n Midnight

Then again someone could undermine it by simply compiling a list of stuff that Google has "forgotten"

like this one
http://hiddenfromgoogle.com/