Both threats to net neutrality and internet privacy issues were big headlines this week. For an authorative list of resources on the recent EU Court Google ruling, I recommend following links listed below the text; both the text and links were taken from The Scout Report 5/16/14 with their permission:
In an important ruling, the European Court of Justice says that Google must delete personal data when asked
When it comes to online privacy, things got much more interesting this Tuesday when the European Court of Justice ruled that Google must delete personal data when asked to do so. The case was brought by a Spaniard who said that a Google search of his name brought up an auction notice of his repossessed home from 16 years ago. In its decision, the European court remarked that people should be allowed to erase their digital footprint, referring to the decision as “the right to be forgotten.” Responding to the matter, Google noted that they only rely on material that’s already freely available online. However, this is not the first time Google has had to modify its practices in Europe. The company previously agreed to modify the way it displays search results as part of a deal to end a probe by the European Union’s antitrust body. [KMG]
The first link will take visitors to a post on this recent decision from NPR’s Bill Chappell, writing for the Two-Way breaking news site. Moving on, the second link will take users to an article from Time that also reports on the court’s decision. The third link will take interested parties to a fine piece from the Tech corner of the Washington Post website about the detailed findings and judgements from the court’s decision. The fourth link will take visitors to Google’s official privacy policy and the fifth link will take users to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s page on its own research into online privacy. The last link will take curious visitors to a helpful app that will allow them to browse without being monitored by various tracking systems.
Google Must Delete Personal Data When Asked, European Court Says
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/13/312125549/google-must-delete-personal-data-when-asked-european-court-says
EU Court: Google Must Amend Some Search Results After E.U. Ruling
http://time.com/97272/google-results-eu-right-to-be-forgotten/
In Google case, E.U. court says people are entitled to control their own online histories
http://m.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/eu-court-people-entitled-to-control-own-online-histories/2014/05/13/8e4495d6-dabf-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html
Google: Privacy Policy
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Privacy
https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy
Disconnect
https://disconnect.me
