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Google Rejects Canadian Privacy Recommendation to Delist Name-Based Search Results

The ruling applies a narrow right to be forgotten when continued indexing risks serious harm.

FILE - A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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Federal privacy law says individuals have the right to remove certain information from online searches for their name, but the privacy commissioner says Google hasn't made good on its obligation to de-list some of that content.

Overview

  • The privacy commissioner says individuals can, in limited cases, have certain results removed from searches of their names.
  • Commissioner Philippe Dufresne recommended delisting articles about a dropped criminal charge only for name-based queries, with the pages remaining online.
  • Google is refusing to apply the delisting in this case, according to the regulator.
  • The Office of the Privacy Commissioner says it is considering all available options to secure compliance with the federal privacy law.
  • The dispute dates to 2017 and followed a 2023 Federal Court of Appeal loss for Google, while the complainant cited stigma, lost work and physical assault as harms.