Google released a new feature for Australian citizens aiming to easily find search results that contain their personal information and request their removal. Released during Australia’s Awareness Week, the tool ‘results about you’ will allow users in Australia to request the removal of search results that contain personally identifiable information including phone number, home and email address.
Removal of personal information in light of the right to be forgotten has not yet been implemented under Australian law. Instead, individuals can ask an organization to do it for them as stated under Articles 11-13 of the Australian Privacy Principles (APP).
