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People often come to us assuming that removing something harmful online should be straightforward. The reality is that “content removal” is a completely different process depending on where the material sits, who published it, and which country’s laws apply. The EU has the most structured route through the Right to Be Forgotten. The US leans […]
17 November 2025 · Roz Sheldon
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The appeal that Google launched to challenge a ruling that said that they must apply the ‘right to be forgotten’ to global domains has now been rejected. Igniyte asks what this means for the future of the right to be forgotten in Europe. CNIL order Following the landmark right to be forgotten ruling made by […]
29 September 2015 · Igniyte
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The BBC is publishing a list of articles which have been removed from certain Google searches under the Google Spain ruling – commonly known as the Right to be Forgotten. The Google Spain ruling has been in place since May 2014. It allows someone to request an article to be removed from Google’s search results for […]
9 July 2015 · Igniyte
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French data regulator – the CNIL – has ordered Google to apply the ‘right to be forgotten’ to all of its search engines. This has left Igniyte wondering how the right to be forgotten will be applied in other European countries going forward. Right to be forgotten The right to be forgotten was established in […]
19 June 2015 · Igniyte
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Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ rule has come under scrutiny, with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) threatening legal action. The rule was created in May last year and in its initial 12 months, around 150 companies complained to the ICO. Of the rejections from Google, the ICO disagreed with 25%. Deputy Information Commissioner, David Smith […]
22 May 2015 · Igniyte
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When Spanish citizen, Mario Costeja González asked Google to remove his page one search results relating to the forced sale of his house, it is unlikely that his lawyer would have been considering the case’s implications for civil liberties in Hong Kong. However, an article in the Financial Times (FT) now suggests that the ‘right […]
23 March 2015 · Igniyte
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Google’s latest Transparency Report has revealed that under ‘right to be forgotten,’ rule, the UK comes third to only France and Germany for the number of requests for URL removal from search results.
5 December 2014 · Igniyte
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In light of comments made by digital expert Martha Lane Fox, this week Igniyte asks whether teenagers should have an automatic right to be forgotten.
15 October 2014 · Igniyte
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A survey, suggesting American’s want to be forgotten online too, has led Igniyte to ask this week whether the right to be forgotten could work Stateside.
25 September 2014 · Igniyte
In the Press
Igniyte’s director Simon Wadsworth featured in the Irish Times in Netfix: cleaning up your reputation online, exploring the right to be forgotten. Online Reputation Management Has Become More Popular in Light of Right to be Forgotten Ruling Recently, the Irish Times featured an article exploring the popularity of online reputation management. Notably, this has surged […]
1 August 2014 · Igniyte
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A week has passed since a Europe Union (EU) court established ‘the right to be forgotten,’ and news sources are now suggesting that Google has already been flooded with complaints. What does this mean for the right to be forgotten in online reputation management, going forward? The Case that Established the Ruling Last week the highest […]
23 May 2014 · Igniyte
