Commissioner Martine Reicherts meets Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Google, Kent Walker

Martine Reicherts today discussed data protection issues including the right to be forgotten with Kent Walker, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Google.

The meeting was an opportunity for Commissioner Reicherts and Mr Walker to discuss the progress of negotiations on the EU data protection reform as well as the implementation by Google of the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice on the right to be forgotten.

The discussion came just after the commitment given last week from Italy's Justice Minister Andrea Orlando to treat the EU data protection reform as a political priority under the Italian Presidency, and ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in October at which Ministers are expected to agree on further key aspects of the reform.

Read the factsheet on the right to be forgotten here