Updated Sun 1 Jun 2014, 5:33pm AEST
ABC NEWS
Google says each request to be "forgotten" will be examined individually.
Google has received 12,000 requests from people seeking to be "forgotten" by the world's leading search engine on the first day it offered the service, a company spokesman says.
The requests, submitted on Friday, came after Google set up an online form to allow Europeans to request the removal of results about them from internet searches.
The service is not available in Australia.
The number confirms earlier estimates given by the German daily Der Spiegel and reported in other media.
Earlier in May the European Court of Justice ruled that individuals have the right to have links to information about them deleted from searches in certain circumstances, such as if the data is outdated or inaccurate.
Google said that each request would be examined individually to gauge whether it met the ruling's criteria.
The US-based internet giant declined to estimate how long it might take for the links to disappear, saying factors such as whether requests are clear-cut will affect how long it takes.
The ruling on the right to be forgotten comes amid growing concern in Europe about individuals' ability to protect their personal data and manage their reputations online.
The case was originally launched by a Spanish man who objected to old articles emerging from a Google search of his name.
When Mario Costeja Gonzalez googled his name the search engine threw up 16-year-old articles about his home being repossessed, something he would rather have the world forget.
After the court verdict European justice commissioner Viviane Reding said the decision vindicated the European Union's efforts to toughen up privacy rules.
Google said the outcome of the court case was disappointing.
AFP/ABC
COMMENT (12)
______ jungle69 3:17 PM on 01/06/2014
Bit of a storm in a teacup. Your ISP has all your search info anyway. Regardless of search engines or whether you private browse. Nothing is private anymore.
______ ron1amr 12:48 PM on 01/06/2014
When in the case of the man when you come across hardship in your life and your house is repossessed. For whatever circumstances. But generally finances have access to information of your personal details without your knowledge such as tax departments and debt collectors, financial institutions. Any personal information about your financial status should not be accessible to everyone. If you make post on Facebook, twitter etc thats fine and also fcebook want to know everything about you which school you went to and etc. It is alright to say a little about yourself and for me I just keep a few friends family mainly and post friends only.
______ susanai6 11:26 AM on 01/06/2014
Meant to be 12000 not 00. Anyway what does 'privacy' mean anymore. I suppose thos who asked for their 'privacy' from Google will go straight on to FB and tell all what they did!
______ susanai6 11:24 AM on 01/06/2014
How many millions live in Europe and only 12,00 applied?? Really a non story this!
______ kempsey 10:59 AM on 01/06/2014
If the information has also been published in publicly available newspapers or magazines, then Google should not be forced to remove it. Why should information only be available to those with access to back copies of traditional media? Or are the people in favour of this change saying that, for example, the Sydney Morning Herald should take the scissors to their newspaper archives as well?
______ salvarsan 9:56 AM on 01/06/2014
So perhaps Google has become Goggle?
______ oitacity 9:23 AM on 01/06/2014 Information that exists in the public domain cannot simply be forgotten. Asking Google to parse their results for every individual who requests it is a waste of computing power. I would much rather have Guugle and similar internet providers "forget" my personal details, location, search and online purchase details and of course, browsing history - or at least "forget" to pass this information on to other companies and (foreign and domestic) government agencies. Information about private individuals on the internet is not necessarily reliable or up to date, let alone relevant. I think most users realise this.
______ peter from tweed 9:22 AM on 01/06/2014
I worked for an organisation who unthinkingly published a rather detailed spiel about my education and work history without my permission. When I Google my name and approximate location this document is high on the list of links. It is up on the net for all to see and contains enough info (and a headshot) for identity theft. Should I not have the right to have that link removed and the page removed from their cache? Google's motto is "Don't be evil"; I just ask them to "be nice".
______ gr8ape 9:18 AM on 01/06/2014
All companies should be required to destroy data that could be considered sensitive after a set period of time. This data should also not be allowed to be traded. If not then they should be forced to reveal security breaches and be be forced to defend themselves in court.
______ abopfred 8:44 AM on 01/06/2014
I'm not sure how to feel about this. It damages accountability on one hand, yet it does aid privacy.
______ sammy0001 8:41 AM on 01/06/2014
Google does evil. People should be using DuckDuckGo instead. Even after being told by a court their reaction is pathetic. They should remove everyone worldwide.
______ ravensclaw 8:38 AM on 01/06/2014
I have mixed views on this as I quite like the public shaming of convicted criminals.
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