Google Acted On Less Than Half Of Requests To Remove URLs

Google’s latest Transparency Report reveals that of the 2.4 million requests made since 2014 to remove certain URLs from its search results, Google has only complied with less than half.

Removal Requests

The removal requests relate to a ruling by the European Union's Court of Justice in May 2014 which said that Google and other search engines can be held responsible for personal data that appears in its search engine results pages - they are considered to be ‘Data Controllers’. Google and ...