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UK individual complains of defamation, harassment in Google groups

July 14, 2005

 

Sender Information:
[Individual]
Sent by: [Private]
[Private]
London, EC3A 7EE, UK

Recipient Information:
User Support Department
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

Sent via: fax
Re: Request for removal of defamatory posting

Request for removal of defamatory posting
We are instructed by [redacted] and AOL (UK) Limited in respect of an abusive posting made by [redacted]

We make the following request in accordance with the format you require:
The Google websites on which the information set out below appears are google.com and google.co.uk.

2 Our client, [redacted], is a resident and citizen of the United Kingdom.

3 The information which violates our clients' rights under English law can be accessed through the following search result page:

[redacted groups URL]

4 The message posting contains information which is defamatory and it, together with other messages posted by this user (using various email addresses), constitutes harassment under English law. It is not therefore permitted under the laws of England.

[redacted]

 

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