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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by Khaine on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:43PM (#16777726)
Trump is a public figure, and I'm pretty sure there is a public figure exception within GDPR to the right to be forgotten.
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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by gray_-_wolf on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:49PM (#16777773)
And if he wasn't? And become one only after applying his "right to be forgotten"? Would that make any difference?
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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by Khaine on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:58AM (#16780106)
It would still be in the public record. Nothing would stop someone from digging it up and writing an article about it.
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