[matt608]

Is there away to prove the data is actually deleted? It's not really gone forever is it, just removed from the search index. Other copies will have been made by various agencies. I suppose for most purposes thats ok, but not all.

[magicalist]

well, as covered in the article, it isn't deleted. And right to be forgotten only applies in the EU anyways...the searches should work the same outside the EU.

[tapp]

For now. The EU is pushing for more:

“De-listing decisions must be implemented in such a way that they guarantee the effective and complete protection of data subjects’ rights and that EU law cannot be circumvented"...

Context is extending RTBF to Google.com, but that seems like a slippery slope.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/27/eu-to-goog...

[walshemj]

And only for search engines the information remains on newspaper sites.