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• 06/06/2017in Google, Policy cases

  Case of William – Do spent convictions relating to possession of indecent images get de-listed from internet search engines?

  William contacted our helpline after he’d read about the policy work we were doing around the EU right to be forgotten issue. Around 7 years ago, William had been convicted of possessing and making indecent images of children and received a three year community order. As a result of his conviction, he lost his job...
• 06/06/2017in Google, Policy cases

  Case of Patrick – Spent convictions online jeopardising self-employment

  Five years ago, Patrick was convicted of a fraud offence and received a 12 month prison sentence. Patrick told us that at the time of his conviction, he was in a difficult place having built up some debts due to an addiction to gambling. His arrest was the ‘shock’ he needed to face up to...