# Google Defying Canada's Right to Be Forgotten Law

**URL:** <https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111>\
**Category:** Privacy News\
**Tags:** news\
**Created:** [August 28, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111 "2025-08-28T03:43:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![groble27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@groble27](https://community.redact.dev/u/groble27)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111/1 "2025-08-28T03:43:43Z")

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TLDR: the first real Canadian precedent on digital erasure vs free expression.

- Canada’s privacy commissioner says Google violated federal privacy law by refusing to de-list search results about a _dropped_ criminal charge when the person’s **name** is queried.
- Commissioner confirms a **limited “right to be forgotten”** : delisting can occur when serious harm outweighs public interest - the articles stay online, just not on name searches.
- The commissioner can only recommend; to force compliance they’d need Federal Court. Google could push this to the Supreme Court.

[https://www.perplexity.ai/page/google-defies-canada-s-right-t-jzTNFrg9SRSrYTWqFYRF8Q](https://www.perplexity.ai/page/google-defies-canada-s-right-t-jzTNFrg9SRSrYTWqFYRF8Q)

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**Author:** ![D-Mag](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/d-mag/32/131_2.png) [@D-Mag](https://community.redact.dev/u/D-Mag)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111/2 "2025-11-26T01:46:19Z")

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Google needs to be spanked by various governments around the world, starting in America. The company has a horrific privacy record.