Last week, Google began removing right to be forgotten requests from the EU search results page. Yea, it was quick.

But some of those removals were done for names not submitting the request via RTBF form (RTBF = Right To Be Forgotten).

Willem van Lynden said on Google+ that several of his friends and co-workers have noticed the removal notice come up for their names but they never submitted the request. Here is one example:

A search for [diederik van engelen] shows:

William said that Google is “definitively” showing “warnings for people (friends of mine) that have filed no requests at all.” But why?

The Wall Street Journal somewhat alludes to it saying:

One has to assume this will get clearer over time but right now, this is a bit unclear.

Forum discussion at Google+.