Well after a recent complex European Court Ruling, Google (within Europe) has to give people the chance to remove any information or data about themselves that they aren't happy with.
It's been quite an emotive issue, and only currently applies to Europe, with Google claiming this will stifle innovation, and privacy groups claiming a victory.
Google has just released it's version 1 of it's Forget me form 
Search removal request
There's an interesting caveat on the form "We're working to finalise our implementation of removal requests under European data protection law as soon as possible. In the meantime, please fill out the form below and we will notify you when we start processing your request. We appreciate your patience."
I suspect this could mean it will take quite some time before you see any data removed.
So what do people think, good idea and everyone should be allowed anonymity if they want it, or a loop hole for dodgy characters to hide bad past deeds?
