Google rolls out new ID requirements for US political ads
Due to increased scrutiny of how these ads affect users and voters, company says more transparency intiatives are to come.
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Google’s AMP Project announces new consent component ahead of GDPR compliance deadline
Development of a new Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) component enabling publishers to acquire user consent is underway and accepting comments.
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German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying
The court held that Google can’t be held liable before being notified of a ‘clearly recognizable violation’ of individual rights.
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Law and reputation firms generate 21% of Right to Be Forgotten delistings, says Google
New report from Google digs into three years’ worth of data on removal requests and exposes the delisting criteria.
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Google now removing medical records from its search results
Google’s content removal policy has been updated to include medical records. This goes on a very short list of content that Google will remove from search.
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Google reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015
Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped “shed light on government surveillance laws and practices” around the world.
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Columbia University researchers claim 28% of Google’s URL takedown requests are invalid
Among the questionable DMCA notices, 4.2% of the takedown requests targeted sites that failed to include any copyright infringing content.
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The Thorny Dilemma At The Heart Of The “Right To Be Forgotten” Delisting Debate
Both Google and the EU have credible positions on whether RTBF should be applied globally.
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Google Faces Potential $19M Privacy Fine In The Netherlands
Google continues to face potential fines for failing to change its privacy policy in Europe. Since the company introduced its “simplified privacy policy” in 2012 it has faced Europe-wide criticism and the threat of fines for violating local data protection laws. Multiple government data…
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SEO & SSL: A Conversation With Jon Henshaw Of Raven Tools
Google says it will boost rankings for HTTPS sites, but, in an interview by contributor Clark Buckner, Henshaw recommends SEOs hold off.
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World War II, Communisim Subtext In Right To Be Forgotten
From an American legal perspective the recently established European Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) is a disaster. It’s a confusing, vague, impractical and possibly even dangerous decision. But from a European historical perspective it makes considerable sense. The different histories of the US…
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In The EU, Lots Of People Are Asking Google To Forget Content That They Authored
Here’s one from the “shaking my head” department: If you assumed that all of the “Right To Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests that people in the European Union are sending to Google are for unflattering or inaccurate web pages written by third parties, you’d be wrong….
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Could DuckDuckGo Overtake Bing?
Amid growing privacy concerns and a deal with Apple, DuckDuckGo has the potential to become a major player in search.
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Google Says HTTPS Is A Ranking Signal, But It’s Not Really
Is it worth it for webmasters to switch to HTTPS in light of Google’s recent announcement?
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Since May 91,000 Right-To-Be-Forgotten Takedown Requests
The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) content removal requests in Europe keep coming in. It’s difficult right now to know whether they’re leveling off or continuing to increase. On the first day of availability Google’s RTBF online form, it received 12,000 submissions. Sources familiar…
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Right To Be Forgotten: Do Users Even Care?
In the last few weeks, two monumental events related to Internet privacy caused the biggest uproar in discussions about personal privacy since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA. In May, the European Court of Justice ruled that Google must respect the “right to be…
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Larry Page On Right To Be Forgotten: “Could Have Arrived At More Practical Place Than Court Ruling”
Larry Page offered his thoughts on the European court’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling during an interview at Google’s I/O conference this week with New York Times reporter Farhad Manjoo. Page claimed it would have been better if there had been more discussion around the…
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Reputation VIP Launches Link Removal Service In Response To EU “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling
In response to the European Court’s “right to be forgotten” ruling last month, online management company Reputation VIP has launched Forget.me, a free online service that helps users exercise their right to be forgotten online. In May, the EU court ruled individuals had the right…
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Google: The European Court Is Really Telling You To Be More “Relevant”
So, it finally happened. After years of people telling me that “Europe” will do nothing about Google and me saying that one day “Europe” will probably bite back, it did. “Europe” bit off a whole chewy chunk of Google and all other search engines in just one…
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The “Right To Be Forgotten”: EU Court Gives People Ability To Delete Their Google Search Results
The “right to be forgotten”: a triumph of individual privacy rights or censorship? It’s going to depend on how it plays out in specific circumstances. The Luxembourg-based European Union Court of Justice, Europe’s “top court,” ruled earlier today that Google can…
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