[okfn-discuss] [MyData & Open Data] Right to be forgotten ruling

Fri Jul 11 10:03:56 UTC 2014

Hi Puneet, I actually think Google is handling the case quite well to their
profit so far.

The irony to me is that thanks to a not very well though ruling from the
ECJ, Google is now setting up a consultative decision-making process that
could end with a legal framework on its own, coordinated by a private
global entity, that substitutes to national regulators and rules on what is
public information and what is not. Where are the Data Protection and Right
to Info authorities here ? Will they have the capacity to handle and
control all decisions made by Google on a case by case basis ?

I find the question raised by Google of high importance and I am keen to
think and discuss about it but I would have really really preferred that
question being raised by my National or European Parliament  and being
discussed through a democratic process. Instead of that, we are now in a
strange situation where we are offered to go into a consultative process
and provide our knowledge and reflection on a matter of public interest to
an entity we do not have control over but who is asked, obliged, to
regulate that public matter.

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:58 AM, stef <s at ctrlc.hu> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 09:39:14AM +0200, Pierre Chrzanowski wrote:
> > So now, as expected, we have a private entity, kindly seeking public
> advice
> > from an Advisory Council, to regulate on a case by case basis on what is
> > public information and what is not. I would say there is some irony in
> > there.
>
> i think google did everything to maneuver itself into this gatekeeper
> position.
>
> 2004, don't be evil
> 2014, we changed policy
>
> --
> otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt
>

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