Europeans give Google final say on 'right to be forgotten'

European citizens that want to have search results related to their name removed, generally accept Google as the definitive authority on what has become known as the 'right to be forgotten'.

In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the bloc's citizens have the right to request Google and other search engines to remove links to personal information which is “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant”.

Many have done so.

Google says it has receive...