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France: Regulators pressure Google on right ‘to be forgotten’

By  |  June 14, 2015

France’s main data protection authority, CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, has given Google 15 days to start applying EU’s “right to be forgotten” mandate on search results worldwide, or face potential sanctions.

In a June 12 statement, CNIL said it has formally asked Google to start delisting links to search results on all of its domains worldwide when the company responds to RTBF requests from EU residents. Currently, Google applies the mandate only to search results that appear within the EU.

If Google fails to comply within the specified period, the CNIL would consider imposing a sanction on the company, the data regulator warned.

Google maintains it ought to solely apply the ruling throughout its European domains, similar to Google.fr in France and Google.de in Germany.

Full content: eWeek

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