Policy Observatory

CNIL received hundreds of complaints following Google’s refusals to carry out delisting on Internet links (or URL).

Following the assessment of the complaints, the CNIL has requested Google to carry out the delisting of several results. It was expressly requested that the delisting should be effective on whole search engine, irrespective of the extension used (.fr; .uk; .com …).

Although the company has granted some of the requests, delisting was only carried out on European extensions of the search engine and not when searches are made from “google.com” or other non-European extensions. In this context, the President of the CNIL has put Google on notice to proceed, within a period of fifteen (15) days, to the requested delisting on the whole data processing and thus on all extensions of the search engine.

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) ordered Google to comply with the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the so called "right to be forgotten".

Following the assessment of the complaints received, the CNIL has requested Google to carry out the delisting of several results specifying that the delisting should be effective on whole search engine, irrespective of the extension used.

The President of the CNIL has put Google on notice to proceed, within a period of fifteen (15) days, to the requested delisting on the whole data processing and thus on all extensions of the search engine.

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has issued the company with a formal notice to comply with European data protection law or face possible sanctions.

Facebook has been given three months to make the changes deemed necessary by the CNIL.