Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High Court
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To comply with GDPR, Google asks publishers to manage user-data consent for ad targeting in EU
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EU to ask Google, others to publicly reveal ranking factors
According to a report from Reuters, the European Commission has proposed new rules that will require search engines, commerce sites and online platforms to explain how they rank results and to reveal why companies are penalized or removed from listings or results. The stated intention is to bring more transparency to these companies’ operations and
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Law and reputation firms generate 21% of Right to Be Forgotten delistings, says Google
Google says that there are “tens of thousands” of Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) requests filed each month in Europe. In a new blog post, the company explains that it’s updating its “Transparency Report,” which details RTBF requests, to include new categories of information. In addition to reporting aggregate data on requests, their countries of
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Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying
A German court has ruled that Google is not required to pre-screen websites for defamation before displaying them in search results. This ruling comes from the German Federal Court of Justice, the country’s highest court. The plaintiffs in the case had sought to force Google to filter out websites that displayed allegedly defamatory content about
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In response to EU antitrust ruling, Google Shopping now shows ads from competing shopping engines
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India’s competition regulator fines Google $21.1 million for ‘search bias’ in travel results
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Google EU shopping rivals complain antitrust remedies aren’t working
In the wake of the European Commission’s $2.7 billion antitrust fine against Google last year, the company opened up product listing ads (PLAs) to rival comparison shopping services. It also pledged to operate Google Shopping as though it were a stand-alone entity and to provide “equal treatment” for rivals. Implementing that program resulted in a
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Google facing $1 billion in potential liability with UK class action
In 2012, Google paid $22.5 million to settle an FTC claim that the company “misrepresented to users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Internet browser that it would not place tracking cookies or serve targeted ads to those users . . .” The company bypassed Safari’s cookie-blocking settings, it said, to deliver a “signed-in” user experience. Google explained
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US court orders Google not to comply with Canadian court’s order delisting search results
A federal court in California has blocked implementation of a Canadian Supreme Court ruling that ordered Google to delist websites associated with a company called Datalink from Google’s global index. The Canadian decision (Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions) was an example of a court in one country asserting authority over global activity outside its jurisdiction. Because Google exhausted