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EU Court Orders Search Engines to Erase ‘Irrelevant’ Information

The European Union Court of Justice has ruled in favor of the so-called "right to be forgotten", in which outdated data on the internet should be erased upon request.

The case was launched upon the complaint of a Spanish man whose repossessed home appeared on Google's search engine under an auction notice, infringing his privacy, the BBC reported.

Rail company enters digital age, gradually


Railway operator OSE on Friday said that it is launching the first phase of an electronic information system which is expected to make travel easier for passengers.

The new system will provide commuters with real-time travel updates on digital announcement boards and later on their smartphones, tablets and laptops at the country’s railway stations.

Controversial Ex-Yu Facebook Group Pops Up Again

Photographs and "selfies" of teenage girls from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, shown half-naked in lace underwear, mini-skirts and other sexually suggestive clothing, have reappeared on Facebook under the name "Biggest sluts in elementary schools and high schools."

"The page was deleted but we made a new one :) Send us photos in inbox," the Facebook group says.  

Administration unable to remove provocative photographs of teenage girls from Facebook

Administration unable to remove provocative photographs of teenage girls from Facebook

The Facebook Group administrators have made at least 15 new profiles with photographs of naked teenage girls from Bosnia/Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia as spare ones, should the group with more than 56,000 users of this social network is banned or suspended in any way.

Governments Demanded of Google Information On 42 000 Accounts

The number of government demands for personal data in Google accounts has risen by 120% in the last four years. 

In the second half of 2013 governments across the world made 27 000 requests for 42 000 accounts, according to the Google Transparency Report, which the company releases each six months since 2009. 

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