French
data regulator CNIL (the National Commission of Information and
Liberty, in English) has demanded that Google extend the “right
to be forgotten” to all of its domains, not just its European ones.
The “right to be forgotten” was first introduced in May 2014, when
the European Court of Justice ordered Google to accept requests
from people who would like their personal information deleted from
its system. Google has been processing applications, but only for
European domains. So, even when a person’s information was removed
from google.fr or google.co.uk, for example, his or her information
would still be accessible on google.com.
On June 12, CNIL requested that Google apply the “right to be forgotten”
to its users all over the world, regardless of the domain location.
Otherwise, CNIL does not believe Google is in compliance. If Google
does not comply with the demand by the end of this month, it will
face sanctions. Now, people are waiting to see the next move from
the world’s biggest search engine.