Should the U.S. have Google’s “Right to be Forgotten” too? Asks PR Expert

June 3, 2014 - PRLog -- MIAMI (June 3, 2014) – Google last week unveiled a system which enables citizens of the European Union to ask the search engine to remove results from its listings. The move comes in response to a landmark E.U. court ruling which gave people there the “right to be forgotten.”

Europeans who want personal information removed from search results can make their case directly to Google via an online form. And even though, as with everything with Google, the requests must be made online, the final decision on what information will be removed from search results will be made by actual people - not one of Google’s famed algorithms.

While the right to have some personal information removed from web searches is currently confined to the E.U., public relations consultant John P. David believes it seems that it has potential to migrate across the Atlantic.

His blog post on the topic (miamiprblog.com) details the ongoing debate in the United States about privacy and information posted on the Internet about private U.S. citizens and poses questions about what would happen if such a policy found its way to U.S. shores.

“I will leave the legal arguments to the attorneys and free-speech advocates, but it seems to me that, while tricky to judge, the right to be forgotten is an intriguing option that could find its way to America,” said David in his blog. David, president of David PR Group, has counseled executives on public relations and crisis communications for more than 20 years.

“I wouldn’t expect to see it anytime soon, but it’s certainly worthy of discussion,” said David.

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