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On 18 May 2014 18:25:26 BST, lug@xxxxxx wrote: >On Sun, 18 May 2014 15:25:14 +0100, Philip Hudson ><phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>No, no, no. The test is objective and subject to legal challenge: >>irrelevant and outdated personal information that disadvantages an >>individual must not be the first or only result returned. Not just "I >>don't like it" but "it's harmful misinformation for *both* the public >>*and* the individual"... > > >Obviously not irrelevant (especially if you were going to lend this guy >money or extend him credit), not outdated (not really that long ago) >and >not misinformation (it's true). Apart from that you are bang on! > >Rather than waste what I guess is a ton of cash on lawyers (I don't >suppose he is paying though) this guy should have set-up a website >detailing his generous donations to charity or how he fosters sick cats >or how he did some fantastic deeds and get his mates to link to it then >this wouldn't be the only thing Google can find out about him. The fact >that he hasn't taken that pretty obvious step indicates to me that he >isn't a good guy so isn't really deserving of our sympathy. > >Let's just say that instead of going bankrupt (which must surely be >commonplace in Spain these days) he had murdered someone. On coming out >of jail he hears about Google and does a search on himself and is >surprised to find just one hit detailing his crime. Would it be okay >for him to get that taken down? > >As Spock would say, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the >few, or the one." > >Kevin Interestingly under UK law, if you go bankrupt then the discharge default is after a year. It is removed from your credit record after 7 years. I believe this is part of the process that punishment is not meant to go on forever. (In the us, I believe I read recently, some states mandate that a criminal record should not be taken into account in a job application) FWIW I also understood that in Spain, if you go bankrupt then your mortgage debt is not written off. If I am correct then I do wonder what would happen to a UK expat who went bankrupt in Spain and then returned home -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq