Hi,
since I'm in the Greens/EFA group now, I'd consult with Jan Albrecht
first to see if he has any plans regarding such an event. But I would be
happy to contribute, perhaps even emphasizing the free speech part of
the debate. :)
Best,
Julia
On 06/06/2014 08:24 PM, aktron(a)centrum.cz wrote:
Dimi,
Thanks for the analysis!
I feel it funny when the people are "collectively responsible". It
usually ends in throwing the blame like a hot potato between all the
guys :-D
Was there any talk about ... "how this decision might change the very
essence of web 2.0 projects?"
Would Julia Reda be interested in organizing such an event in september
? :-)
Jan
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Od: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov
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Komu: Advocacy Advisory Group for WMF LCA
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Datum: 06.06.2014 12:48
Předmět: [Advocacy Advisors] Google Brussels and the "right to be
forgotten"
Hi all,
I just came back from my talk with the Google policy team in Brussels
about the recent CJEU ruling [1] that had them provide a take-down
request form. [1]Here's my initial notes:
They will not de-index sites, they will simply modify the results for
searching a given name.According to their lawyer, the court didn't
specify the technological method, it just told them to remove "URLs
linked to a name". They were not asked to de-index.Modification of the
results only apply to the EU Google domains. Searches from outside
Europe remain unchanged. Currently their entire legal team is
collectively responsible for making the decision on which requests to be
granted. They see this as a "right to privacy" vs. "freedom of
expression" balancing issue and are unhappy with the ruling, as,
according to them, it gives more weight to the "right to privacy".Google
doesn't want to play court and judge here. They'd like to figure out a
way for someone else to make the decisions as to which requests should
be granted (talking about Internet Governance)We agreed that the future
General Data Protection Regulation in the EU will have a major impact on
this and that the cour
t ruling put "right to be fogotten" on the policy agenda in this field.
Work on the Regulation is expected to resume around December/JanuaryAs
we don't know what all the actors think of this (digital rights groups,
industry, policy-makers) it would be important to map the different
positions over the next few monthsWe agreed that it would be good to
have public, broad round-table on the topic "right to be fogotten" in
Spetember/October in Brussels (just an idea so far)I basically explained
to them how the Wikimedia movement is constructed and the roles of the
different organisations and communities. I also told them that we can't
have a position on this as long as we don't have the results of an
in-depth legal analysis, but for us it would also be good to know what
all the stakeholders think about this issue. I also agreed that it is a
"right to privacy" vs. "freedom of expression" balancing act here. I
added that IMO there might be a higher risk of censorship if the removal
decisions are left up to each company/organisation as it currenlty is.
I am thinkingthat if the idea of having a round-touble on this in
Brussels proves popular among other NGOs, companies and policy-makers we
should most definitely join in. If it remians a Google-only organised
event, we might need to be more careful. Cheers,
Dimi
[1]
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=152065&a…
<http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=152065&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=621304[2]>
[
2]https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?rd=1
<https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?rd=1>
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