Austria 45 103 67 36 Belgium 421 316 Bulgaria 4 10 8 2 Croatia 3 8 4 4 Cyprus 2 2 0 2 Czech Republic 12 20 13 Denmark 24 33 19 14 Estonia 8 33 16 Finland 112 42 70 France 895 2,495 1,065 1,426 Germany 460 897 807 Greece 5 43 43 Hungary 2 3 3 0 Ireland 28 126 85 41 Italy 178 417 208 Latvia 13 16 16 Lithuania 2 2 1 1 Luxembourg 2 5 4 Malta 2 3 1 2 Netherlands 854 257 Norway 24 50 22 28 Poland 19 172 116 56 Portugal 4 20 10 Romania 7 62 28 Russia 23 33 17 16 Slovakia 1 2 2 Slovenia 8 13 8 5 Spain 143 383 134 242 Sweden 189 Switzerland 68 273 153 120 United Kingdom 539 2,306 1,026 Total 2,867 10,280 5,245 4,998 Note: This table shows the number of URLs that were accepted and rejected for European and Russian requests received between July 1 and December 31, 2020 that were processed as of February 15, 2021. The number of URLs accepted and rejected may not reflect requests still pending review as of February 15, 2021. For example, processing delays may result if more information is needed to complete the review on a request.
Cumulative “Right to be forgotten” requests, May 2014 – December 2020
Requests received and processed URLs requested URLs accepted URLs rejected Percentage of URLs accepted Total 41,613 133,972 62,373 71,562 47% Note: This table shows the number of URLs that were accepted and rejected for European and Russian requests received between May 2014 and December 31, 2020 that were processed as of February 15, 2021. The number of URLs accepted and rejected may not reflect requests still pending review as of February 15, 2021. For example, processing delays may result if more information is needed to complete the review on a request.
Source: Content Removal Request Report | Microsoft CSR
In some countries apparently it is normal for a single request to make sweeping right to be forgotten deletion requests.
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