The autocomplete feature in Google can be extremely useful in many cases, although it can cause problems. Since it can end up revealing too much information, as has happened in the United Kingdom. Since there are rape victims whose names have been revealed on the Internet. Searches for attackers or rape victims directly show the names of women.
A serious fact, since your anonymity is protected by law. So Google has a big problem in this regard. The results are obtained in most cases due to the auto-complete or related search function in the popular search engine.
The Times has been in charge of revealing this story. As they say, by entering the name of a victim or plaintiff in the search engine, the identity of the abuser can be revealed. People who also have the right to anonymity, even before the trial. So the seeker would be breaking the law.
Posting the name of a victim on the Internet is sentenced in the United Kingdom with a fine of 5.000 pounds. But in this case it has happened with several victims, so the number would multiply for each case. And at the moment the exact number of people affected by this problem in Google is not known.
From the British political sector comment that Google is not acting under the law. So the company can expect that there will be consequences for these acts. Although so far no specific lawsuits or actions have been announced against it.
Nor have we had any reaction from Google, which is already involved in its second legal problem in the United Kingdom in 48 hours. So it is not by far the best or easiest week for the tech giant. Everything indicates that we have not heard the latest on this case. So we will be attentive.