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Comment: Despite ruling in Google 'right to be forgotten' case in Canada, more steps needed for Canadians to gain that right

By Mike Swift
  • 19 Jul 2021 17:35
  • 19 Jul 2021 17:59
Canada’s privacy commissioner will reboot his investigation of whether Google should be required to offer Canadians a European style right to be forgotten, now that a national court has ruled that the country’s national online privacy law applies to the world’s leading search engine.
Whether Canadians will be allowed to

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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