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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by gwd on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:35AM (#21070139)
> Today, anything and everything is online and follows people around like an unshakeable shadow. So of course these folks have the "right to be forgotten" -- it's bringing balance back to the equation.

Right; but that would be a reason for Google to remove the information, not the newspaper. I mean, 20 years ago, it would have been possible to find such an article on microfiche in your local library if you knew where to look. It should still be possible to find it on the appropriate newspaper's website if you have the right link / look at the right date in history.

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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:51AM (#21070243)
Needs to be deindexed at the news sites too. No use removing from Google if I can just go to bbc or YourHometownNewspaper and find the trivial but incredibly embarrassing thing, or old offence gwd did when younger.

Some countries have the concept of spent convictions or rehabilitation, especially restrictive around minors. After some number of years the conviction no longer exists, unless you want to join the police or similar. It's not reasonable for these to crop up for trivial effort.

If you get super rich and famous and have a tabloid digging dirt, well they might just send an intern to dig through 30 years of back issues... Not really a lot you can do about that.

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