#publisher Metro » Facebook and Google could face court action over private data Comments Feed alternate alternate Metro WordPress.com [tr?id=1522229268091476&ev=PageView&noscript=1] IFRAME: //www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NX8Q6N This site uses cookies. By continuing, your consent is assumed. Learn more News... but not as you know it 68.3m shares Trending Nutshell * Home * News + UK + World + Weird + Tech * Sport + Football + Oddballs + Club Metro + Transfer news + Viral videos * Entertainment + Showbiz + TV + Film + Music + Gaming + Celebrity Big Brother + Soaps * Lifestyle + Sex + Fashion + Food + Travel * More + Lifestyle + Blogs + Competitions + Jobs + Property * Search Metro * Follow us Facebook and Google could face court action over private data Default author image metrowebukmetroThursday 17 Mar 2011 10:09 am Social networking sites and search engines such as Facebook and Google have been told they face court action if they do not allow users to remove all data about themselves. Facebook and Google could face court action over private data Sites like Facebook and Google could face court action if they don’t allow users to permanently remove all their personal data (Picture: Getty) Internet users should have the ‘right to be forgotten’, to stop prospective employers finding a naked picture of them, for example, Europe’s top legal officer said. Justice commissioner Viviane Reding said there must be an overhaul of the EU’s 16-year-old laws on data protection to enforce safeguards on how personal information is used. With many of the companies based in the US or holding data on servers there, she said agencies watching over privacy issues in EU countries should be given more powers to enforce compliance outside Europe. ‘I want to explicitly clarify that people shall have the right – and not only the possibility – to withdraw their consent to data processing,’ Ms Reding said. ‘Any company operating in the EU market or any online product targeted at EU consumers must comply with EU rules. ‘To enforce EU law, national privacy watchdogs shall be endowed with powers to investigate and engage in legal action against non-EU data controllers.’ Sam Hamilton of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch said: ‘While we believe in self-regulation as the best option, it must be an absolute right of individuals to be forgotten.’ Privacy concerns led to tensions with Washington last year after the MEPs vetoed a deal struck with the European Commission on sharing bank transfer data with counter-terrorism investigators from the US. The deal was renegotiated. More * [sl-car-texts.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C899px%2C675px&resize=480%2C 360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] Threatening car tells its driver, ' I will s**t fury all over you and you will drown in it' * [comp_snapchat.jpg?crop=68px%2C0px%2C1066px%2C799px&resize=480 %2C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] Student sets up freshers' Snapchat, is quickly flooded with nudes * [iphone1.jpg?crop=30px%2C0px%2C1067px%2C799px&resize=480%2C360 &quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] iPhone 7 leaks: Is this what the new handset will look like? * [1233.png?w=100&h=75&crop=1] World's 'most wanted man' found working at Subway metres from police station * [czvetq2wqaekozz.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75 &crop=1] We can all respect this woman's devotion to proper grammar * [ad_193883569.jpg?crop=0px%2C5px%2C2500px%2C1875px&resize=480% 2C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] This is the red trigger that launches Britain's nuclear weapons Comments Must read (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) What's trending now More trending stories » 1. There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders 2. Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics 3. Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong 4. This is the ideal number of people to sleep with This is the ideal number of people to sleep with 5. Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron More trending stories » YOU ARE HERE: Tech * Home * News * Sport * Lifestyle * Entertainment * More + Blogs + Jobs * Search Metro Trending Nutshell MetroUK @MetroUK © 2016 Associated Newspapers Limited Powered by WordPress.com VIP Your ad choices Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicySite map Back to top Get us in your feed Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter [p?c1=2&c2=6034964&cv=2.0&cj=1]