OTTAWA -- A federal judge says the results of Google searches are covered by the law governing how companies handle personal information, a victory for people seeking a digital "right to be forgotten."
In her newly issued ruling, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagne said federal privacy law applies when Google indexes web pages and presents search results in response to searches of a person's name. This means allowing individuals to challenge the accuracy, completeness and currency of results returned for searches on their name, the commissioner said.
In any event, Google added, the search service is exempt under another provision of the law because it is a journalistic or literary operation, particularly when providing internet users access to news media content and providing news media with access to readers.
So, do such findings help people whose accounts are highjacked by social media giants who refuse to remove accounts and demand ID such as passports and Drivers Licenses to get it back? Don't want it back, just want it down. Not even questionable content on it.
when i search for shorts on google and knickerbockers show up on my newsfeed, the privacy you speak of, is a game of tiddlywinks.
Lol that’s not how the internet works.