Category: FAQs

Information in  Search Engines-Search results are taken from a source: often, but not always, a web page. You need to know the source of that content, and who controls that resource, in order to block or remove it. Here are...

Remember that Search Engines are not the web; Are only search engines for finding information on the web. Removing content from search results page is not the same thing as removing it from the web. Even if you remove information...

We delete from the 28 European Union countries plus provides support for four non-EU countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The form allows an individual or someone representing an individual to put in the request. The form requires submission of a photo...

While there is no statutory definition for “data brokers,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has defined this term to include “companies that collect information, including personal information about consumers, from a wide variety of sources for the purpose of reselling...

DeleteMe.com is simply intended to be a free service for people to assess risk in relation to their account being caught up in a breach. DeleteMe.com email breach service  allows internet users to check if their personal data has been...

The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield addresses both the recommendations made by the Commission in November 2013 and the requirements set out by the European Court of Justice in its ruling on 6 October 2015, which declared the old Safe Harbour framework...

An “adequacy decision” is a decision adopted by the European Commission, which establishes that a non-EU country ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data by reason of its domestic law and international commitments. The effect of such a...

After two years of negotiations, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce reached on 2 February 2016 a political agreement on a new framework for transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes: the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (IP/16/216)....

A personal data breach means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. This includes breaches that are the result of both accidental and deliberate causes. It...

No, the CJEU decision only applies to European search engines. For example, the information will still be available on the Canadian search engine www.google.co.uk As of September 2015, the most delinked site is www.facebook.com. Three of Google’s own sites, groups.google.com,...