[binarnosp]

I should have the right to remove embarrassing things I've done 20 years ago when I was a teenager from a public indexer, the same way I can request the phone book to delist my phone number: this does not mean that the phone company has to delete my number, it just cannot be indexed.

A stupid example? just put a "like" on Medium next to an article regarding something that embarrasses you and few days later that article will appear on Google when looking for your name, and then you would love to have the GDPR at your disposal to permanently delete your Medium account.

[tantalor]

Bad analogy for several reasons:

- phone numbers are not personal, embarrassing stories

- a phone book is a primary source, but a search engine is not

[pgcj_poster]

> phone numbers are not personal, embarrassing stories

Right, which makes the right to be forgotten even more important than the right to be removed from a phone book.

When you're disputing an analogy, the discrepancies have to actually be relevant and support your point. You can just say "you can't compare A and B because A is not B."

[dymk]

A phone book is not a primary source, the phone company's registry is.