Google Talks With EU Watchdogs on Right to Be Forgotten

Google Inc. has been in touch with data-protection regulators about a European Union court ruling last week that may require it to remove personal information from search results.

Regulators in both Germany and Ireland said they had spoken with Google about the verdict, which gave European residents a “right to be forgotten” online. Google said that the company would release an online tool to remove personal information, Arne Gerhard, a spokesman for privacy officials in Hamburg, Germany, said in a phone interview.