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| Google takes wider action on 'right to be forgotten' | Google takes wider action on 'right to be forgotten' |
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| Tech giant Google says it will hide content removed under the "right to be forgotten" from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where removal was approved. | |
| Under the "right to be forgotten" ruling, EU citizens may ask search engines to remove information about them. | Under the "right to be forgotten" ruling, EU citizens may ask search engines to remove information about them. |
| Now, removed results will not appear on any version of Google. | |
| EU privacy regulators previously asked the firm to do this. | EU privacy regulators previously asked the firm to do this. |
| Until now, search results removed under the "right to be forgotten" were only omitted from European versions of Google - such as google.co.uk or google.fr. | Until now, search results removed under the "right to be forgotten" were only omitted from European versions of Google - such as google.co.uk or google.fr. |
| The French data protection authority had threatened the company with a fine if it did not remove the data from global sites - such as google.com - as well as European ones like. | The French data protection authority had threatened the company with a fine if it did not remove the data from global sites - such as google.com - as well as European ones like. |
| This filtering will be applied whenever a European IP address is detected - so users outside the country where the removal request is filed, and indeed all users outside Europe, will still see a set of unedited results. | |
| The BBC understands that the change will be in effect from mid-February. | The BBC understands that the change will be in effect from mid-February. |