By Seb Joseph

Google’s advisers have backed its belief that so-called right to be forgotten requests should be restricted to Europe.

The conclusion of Google’s advisory council, which was formed to debate the global rollout of the rule, is likely to irk European Union (EU) regulators. EU officials argue that the search engine should censor results worldwide due to the fact that it is easy to access Google.com in Europe.

Members of Google’s advisory board accepted that an expansion of the ruling may boost data protection for individual users but warned that there were other issues that should be considered.

A key concern was that those Read full story ›

Source: The Drum