Criticism of Google’s implementation of the right to be forgotten from European data protection authorities (DPAs) continues in a Bloomberg report, which includes comments from Article 29 Working Party (WP29) Chairwoman Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin. “There has been a climate of controversy that’s been entertained in order to maybe endanger the right to be forgotten … It has led some people to say that the right to be forgotten leads to censorship of the press, which is not the case,” she said. Her comments come a day after regulators met with officials from Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. WP29 also released the questions it asked of the companies. Luxembourg DPA Gerard Lommel said the questions will help officials draft their guidelines and provide “food for further discussions in this matter.”
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