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Access denied: retrieving personal data is often hopeless as Google refuses point-blank to provide online information

Posted on June 25, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Jonathan Brown reports:

Public bodies and private corporations including Internet giant Google are flouting the public’s right to access personal data being held on them, according to a major new international study.

Researchers found that nearly half of data holders either failed to disclose the private information they stored on citizens or did not give a legitimate reason for not doing so when asked.

Read more on The Independent.

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