CBC: Google ordered to remove ‘right to be forgotten’ stories after ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling

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Google has been ordered to remove links to some stories about the "right to be forgotten" rule in Europe — as a result of the right to be forgotten ruling.

According to the ruling, which passed in a European court last year, citizens can request search engines to remove links to stories with unflattering personal material from its search results.

At the time, Google removed links to stories about one man's criminal offense in 1998 that he argued was no longer relevant. However, later stories about the right to be forgotten included his name and the offense that spurred their removal in the first place.

Google now has 32 days to remove the stories about the removal of the stories.

David Smith, deputy commissioner of the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office, reasoned that since stories were originally removed from their search engines because they were considered no longer relevant, there's no reason not to remove stories that include the same data, even if they're not the main thrust of said articles.