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Google gets 348,085 'forget' requests in Europe

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Published Thu, Nov 26, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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SINCE a top European court ruled people have a right to be forgotten online, Google has received 348,085 requests for tidbits to vanish from search results.

Silicon Valley-based Google, a subsidiary of newly-created parent company Alphabet, complied with less that half of the demands, basing decisions on criteria intended to balance privacy with the public's right to know.

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