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DROIT DEREFERENCEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2026-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The right of a person to have obsolete, inaccurate or prejudicial data concerning them removed from a search engine's results when a query related to their name is performed.

OBS

Although delisting and de-indexing are two distinct concepts in the field of computer science, the right to be delisted is called "right to be de-indexed" in Quebec.

Key term(s)
  • right to be de-listed
  • right to be deindexed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Droit d'une personne de faire retirer des résultats d'un moteur de recherche les pages Web contenant des données obsolètes, erronées ou préjudiciables à son sujet, lorsqu'une requête rattachée à son nom est effectuée.

OBS

Bien que, dans le domaine de l'informatique, le déréférencement et la désindexation soient des notions distinctes, au Québec, le droit au déréférencement est appelé «droit à la désindexation».

Spanish

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