EU ruling impacting on Google

Google is already getting requests to remove objectionable personal information from its search engine after Europe’s top court ruled subjects have the "right to be forgotten".

The top internet search company has yet to figure out how to handle an expected flood of requests after Tuesday’s ruling, said a source.

The decision by the Court of Justice of the EU, which affects the region’s 500m citizens, requires that internet search services remove information deemed “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant.” Failure to do so can result in fines.