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London Police Request Over 700,000 Pieces of Communications Data from Big Tech in Single Year

London's Metropolitan Police made more than 700,000 requests for communications data from major technology companies in the past year. These requests encompass user details, call records, and IP addresses, highlighting a significant surveillance trend. Critics express concerns regarding the scale of these requests and the potential for privacy infringements without sufficient oversight or transparency. This surge in data requests underscores the ongoing tension between law enforcement needs and individual data protection rights.

Today's question

The right to be forgotten as applied to search engines requires:

  1. Delisting results from name-based searches within the EU/EEA when the information is inadequate, irrelevant, or excessive, following a case-by-case balancing exercise
  2. Automatic delisting of all results older than five years, in accordance with the online services requirements, in accordance with recognized best practices
  3. Removing the source website's content, in accordance with the online services requirements, with corresponding procedural safeguards, following documented organizational procedures
  4. Deleting all search results worldwide, following the established digital privacy framework, particularly for cross-border operations

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  3. Customers Report Personal Information Leaks from Trump Mobile Service

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