Belgium’s Data Protection Authority (APD) fined Google Belgium €600,000 (U.S. $670,000) for refusing to delete search results linked to a Belgian public official, a provision of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) known as the “right to be forgotten.”
The APD announced the fine Tuesday as punishment for Google Belgium’s “serious breach” of the GDPR for refusing to delete search results, known as dereferencing. The fine is the largest ever levied by the APD; the previous high was a fine of €50,000 (U.S. $56,000).
