Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that its Bing search engine will let users request to have links to certain results about them taken down.
The European Union passed the "Right To Be Forgotten" request in May to honor requests from European citizens to take down links and address concerns about privacy, according to CNET.
Microsoft said there will be a slight delay with the feature being added to Bing.
"We're currently working on a special process for residents of the European Union to request blocks of specific privacy-related search results on Bing in response to searches on their names," the company said. "Given the many questions that have been raised about how the recent ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union should be implemented, developing an appropriate system is taking us some time. We'll be providing additional information about making requests soon."
Google implemented a Right To Be Forgotten Request in May. The search giant has been reported to be taking in almost 10,000 requests per day, Search Engine Land reported.
Google's removals will only happen on EU-versions of the search engine.
Google outlined in an online form the court's decision and how the company is following the ruling, CNET reported.
"A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union found that certain users can ask search engines to remove results of queries that include their name where those results are inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed," the company said.
The search giant added in the form that it would adhere to request while looking to balance rights of privacy with the public's right to know and distribute information, CNET reported.
Since the ruling only applies to Europe, versions of the search engines in the U.S. do not need to adhere to the request. Yahoo must also offer the request, but has not announced any plans yet to implement the feature.
