By: Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed from search engine results but Google is refusing to comply.
The commissioner’s office says Google won’t implement a recommendation to de-list specific articles in the search results for an individual’s name.
The federal privacy commissioner recommended Google de-list articles about a criminal charge that was dropped.
The individual says the articles caused direct harm, including social stigma, lost job opportunities, and physical assault.
The case first began in 2017, with Google challenging the application of federal privacy law to its search engine.
The privacy commissioner asked the courts to weigh in and in 2023 the Federal Court of Appeal rejected Google’s appeal and the decision marked a victory for people seeking a digital “right to be forgotten” in Canada.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 27, 2025.
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The right to be forgotten limits the understanding of a true thorough ability to fact check anyone person on this planet and leaves a seriously distorted view of history. If one is allowed to have previously posted commentary regardless of written or done by video the right to be forgotten leaves fact checking at a serious disadvantage when trying to capture written history already posted to the greater internet of things. Use your name wisely and with caution and you will find the need to be forgotten will change to where you will want to be remembered for your thinking. And if I might add the right to be forgotten does not help in the general premise being discussed by America to provide 5 years of social media that was and is being contemplated with the goal of spotting potential threats by those wanting to immigrate into the United States from this point forward if America is going to check the social accounts or statements made to the greater internet by citizens from other countries it must from this point moving forward never allow for anyone person or statement to be de indexed from the system . The Americans if they are to take this stance of schrolling the social activity of immigrants and those visiting the United States ignorer to weed out potential threats must totally refuse google the ability to be forgotten and the Americans must actively limit Googles ability to do so. They need Google with the help of the CIA and intelligence community to go even further by finding all deleted information as well. If what the Americans are trying to do comes to fruition it helps force out ones true self making an easy decision for immigration and also for the greater understanding of human nature and a greater discourse . It is going to really push the limits and force a great deal of peoples written content to the forefront of public visibility.
To be de indexed at this time in human history has similarities in principal to book burning . And it would be negligence on behalf of Google to participate in doing so. “They are the Gate keepers of history” and everyone on this planet goes to them to learn about one and other . Why would Google participate in this ? I believe Google under no circumstances should allow any person to be forgotten and now under the new general understanding being discussed by the American government to go back 5 years only will make Google liable for not providing all past delisted commentary from countries who fight google on this issue for the right to be forgotten. If the Americans force Google under the guise and general premise that under an American owned corporation it must work with the American government to produce everything only then do they know who they are dealing with but they must go back over 20 years to really make it effective