Why are these news stories banned from Google in Europe?

When it comes to information being posted on the Internet, it is sometimes impossible to erase certain personal footprints left behind. However, Google and other search engines are now being forced to remove links to websites that have personal information posted.

The European Union's high court earlier this year ruled in favor of people's "right to be forgotten." Google has currently granted the wishes to remove their personal information in about half of the hundreds of thousands of private citizen requests.