Removal requests by country
Compliance from January to June 2014
Total removal requests received: 3
Items named for removal: 5
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 67%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 33%
Afghanistan
Total removal requests received: 23
Items named for removal: 110
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 71%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 52%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 39%
Argentina
Total removal requests received: 30
Items named for removal: 88
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 17%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 44%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 43%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 13%
Australia
Total removal requests received: 3
Items named for removal: 25
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 33%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 33%
Bangladesh
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Belarus
Total removal requests received: 6
Items named for removal: 9
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 50%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 17%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 50%
Belgium
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 2
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 100%
Bolivia
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 5
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total removal requests received: 342
Items named for removal: 1244
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 73%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 23%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 58%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 18%
Brazil
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 6
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Bulgaria
Total removal requests received: 32
Items named for removal: 98
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 43%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 91%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 44%
Canada
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Chile
Total removal requests received: 23
Items named for removal: 258
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 70%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 9%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 4%
China
Total removal requests received: 3
Items named for removal: 12
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 67%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 33%
Colombia
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 4
Dominican Republic
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 100%
Ecuador
Total removal requests received: 3
Items named for removal: 38
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 100%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 67%
Egypt
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 9
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
El Salvador
Total removal requests received: 109
Items named for removal: 902
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 63%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 7%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 66%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 6%
France
Total removal requests received: 151
Items named for removal: 584
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 76%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 37%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 56%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 13%
Germany
Total removal requests received: 12
Items named for removal: 61
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 33%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 83%
Greece
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Guatemala
Total removal requests received: 4
Items named for removal: 13
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 25%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 25%
Hong Kong
Total removal requests received: 295
Items named for removal: 535
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 11%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 8%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 33%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 5%
India
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 2
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 50%
Indonesia
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 2
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Ireland
Total removal requests received: 35
Items named for removal: 90
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 27%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 9%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 80%
Israel
Total removal requests received: 95
Items named for removal: 3888
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 76%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 19%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 77%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 9%
Italy
Total removal requests received: 38
Items named for removal: 149
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 70%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 13%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 84%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 11%
Japan
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 100%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 100%
Malaysia
Total removal requests received: 10
Items named for removal: 13
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 13%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 60%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 20%
Mexico
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Monaco
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 2
Mongolia
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 6
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 50%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 50%
Morocco
Total removal requests received: 24
Items named for removal: 119
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 63%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 79%
Netherlands
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 2
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 50%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 50%
New Zealand
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Nigeria
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 2
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 100%
Pakistan
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Panama
Total removal requests received: 5
Items named for removal: 12
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 60%
Peru
Total removal requests received: 7
Items named for removal: 20
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 17%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 100%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 43%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 57%
Poland
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 21
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 50%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 50%
Portugal
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 11
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 100%
Romania
Total removal requests received: 745
Items named for removal: 805
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 76%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 92%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 1%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 0%
Russia
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 2
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 100%
San Marino
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 3
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 50%
Singapore
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 3
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 50%
South Africa
Total removal requests received: 81
Items named for removal: 1885
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 83%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 67%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 14%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 14%
South Korea
Total removal requests received: 46
Items named for removal: 79
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 37%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 26%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 33%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 11%
Spain
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Sri Lanka
Total removal requests received: 2
Items named for removal: 81
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 100%
Sweden
Total removal requests received: 14
Items named for removal: 402
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 75%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 93%
Switzerland
Total removal requests received: 10
Items named for removal: 27
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 13%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 50%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 10%
Taiwan
Total removal requests received: 18
Items named for removal: 73
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 56%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 6%
Thailand
Total removal requests received: 487
Items named for removal: 2284
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 38%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 30%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 31%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 15%
Turkey
Total removal requests received: 3
Items named for removal: 14
Ukraine
Total removal requests received: 13
Items named for removal: 23
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 82%
United Arab Emirates
Total removal requests received: 89
Items named for removal: 322
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 61%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 45%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 24%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 22%
United Kingdom
Total removal requests received: 525
Items named for removal: 5799
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 53%
Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law enforcement: 33%
Percentage of requests concerning defamation: 69%
Percentage of requests concerning privacy or security: 10%
United States
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 14
Uruguay
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Google’s compliance rate for requests from courts: 100%
Vatican City
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Venezuela
Total removal requests received: 1
Items named for removal: 1
Vietnam
