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Tell Google To Forget About It


Under the EU's Data Protection Directive, an individual has a 'right to be forgotten'. Google Spain SL v. Agencia Española de Protección de Datos , a 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, found EU citizens can request that data controllers remove URLs with personal information. If you want to request that the world's number one search engine perform this task, you do so by completing this form:

Google says that it weighs the public's interest in the information against privacy rights in deciding whether or not to honor a request. Google's decisions can be appealed to an European data protection agency.


Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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