When media outlets have been informed of a link being de-indexed by Google some have published stories detailing the specifics of the request, putting the individual requester's information back into the public sphere — which clearly has the opposite effect of safeguarding their privacy.
So it requires search engines make difficult value judgements about individuals making requests — such as whether a person has any public role — as well as evaluating the specifics of their request (e.g. what constitutes 'outdated' information?).
You did indicate that at this time they were being treated without differentiation as to specifics of the request.
Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the United States attorney in Los Angeles, said that he could not comment on the specifics of the request by Judge George H. Wu, but that prosecutors "do believe that Mr. Lynch violated state law".
At the very bottom of the page you're prompted to detail the specifics of your request, and with one final keystroke you've fired off your inquiry to those agencies.
A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment on the specifics of that request, citing an open investigation.
If there is an odd request–say, a large list of students' social-security numbers, anything that's not a normal procedure administrators are notified," says Carey Nachenberg, chief architect at Symantec Research Labs in Santa Monica, CA. The technology can also be customized to alert administrators when a specific kind of request is made, such as one for multiple credit-card numbers.
The company seemed to be treading water a bit — while it's basically a critical resource for a specific kind of request, it hasn't quite figured out how to break out of that niche.
The company argues that the First Amendment permits it to publish the specific number of requests that it receives pursuant to secretive foreign intelligence and national security authorities, including Fisa.
AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are among 46 signatories to the letter asking to publish "specific numbers" of requests under the US Patriot Act and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
The Vatican entered the discussion with a specific list of requests, particularly with regards to the importance of the family unit, according to the Guardian.
