Google hit with 600,000 euro Belgian privacy fine

Google has received a record fine from Belgium's data protection authority (APD) of 600,000 euros for not complying with European rules on a person's "right to be forgotten" online.Googlefailed to remove links from its search results to articles which APD said were "obsolete" and damaging to the reputation of a person with a public profile in Belgium.Google was "negligent" in deciding not to remove the links, given that the company had evidence that the facts were irrelevant and out of date, APD