Canadian Court Re-examines Google Takedown Order In Light of U.S. Ruling
Last year’s Supreme Court of Canada Google v. Equustek case , which upheld a B.C. court’s global takedown order, continues […]
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Google not obligated to vet websites, German court rules
Google is not obligated to ensure websites are free from defamatory content before displaying links to them in search results, […]
GDPR and the Right to Be Remembered
The European Union’s forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is intended to ensure data protection for EU citizens by setting […]
‘Right to be forgotten’: UK’s high court hears second Google case
A second businessman who wants links to articles about his criminal past removed from search engine results has launched a […]
UK Home Office warned over plans to block immigration data access for EU citizens
Plans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are […]
How UK Data Protection Bill reduces data subject rights
Given that it is the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill (DPBill) today, I thought I would write a […]
GDPR: Two thirds of organisations aren’t prepared for the ‘right to be forgotten’
With new EU data protection legislation just weeks away, a large number of organisations risk fines by being non-compliant. People […]
Google updates “right to be forgotten” transparency report
In May 2014, in a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice established the “right to be forgotten,” or more […]
Canadian firms hindering customer data access requests
Businesses could do a better job at responding to Canadians’ requests to look at the personal data they hold, according […]
A third of Brits plan to exercise right to be forgotten
After the General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline, a third of Britons polled say they plan to exercise their right […]
Canada’s DPA publishes position on the Right to be forgotten
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released, on 26 January 2018, its draft position on online reputation, i.e. […]
New DSAR tool for GDPR compliance
According to the IAPP-EY Annual Privacy Governance Report 2017, DSARs were among the top three most difficult GDPR obligations for […]