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Google fined in Belgium for 'clear negligence' over right-to-be-forgotten case

By Matthew Newman
  • 14 Jul 2020 10:20
  • 14 Jul 2020 11:35
Google was hit with a record Belgian data-privacy fine today for its “clear negligence” in failing to follow EU "right to be forgotten" rules by refusing a complainant's request to remove decade-old articles about unproven harassment.
The Belgian Data Protection Authority said the fine of 600,000 euros ($680,000) was the highest

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Matthew Newman

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Matthew Newman is a chief correspondent for MLex and writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and artificial intelligence. Matthew began his journalism career in 1991 in community newspapers. He worked as a reporter in Riga, Latvia in 1993 and then moved to Chicago where he covered local news. In 1995, he became a personal finance reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, and was then transferred to Brussels in 1999. He specialized in EU regulatory affairs, including trade and telecom issues. He began covering competition for Bloomberg News as an EU court reporter in 2004. In 2010, he was named spokesman for Viviane Reding, the EU’s justice commissioner. In January 2012, he helped launch the commission’s proposal to overall data protection rules.

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