Google turns down 60 percent of 'right to be forgotten' requests

A year after Google introduced its controversial ‘right to be forgotten’ feature following a European Union ruling, the search giant has published some statistics about its implementation, in its latest transparency report.

The ruling allowed Google users in Europe to request that results for their name which are “inadequate, irrelevant, no longer relevant, or excessive” be removed from the search engine results.“For each of these requests, we’re required to weigh, on a case-by-case basis, an individual’s right to be forgotten with the public’s right to information,” Google explains on its Advisory Council page.

Google turns down 60 percent of 'right to be forgotten' requests