Case C-131/12: Google Spain SL & Google Inc. v Agencia
Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) & Mario Costeja González –
read Opinion of AG Jääskinen
This reference to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerned the application of the 1995 Data Protection Directive
to the operation of internet search engines. Apart from demonstrating
the many complications thrown up by this convoluted and shortsighted
piece of regulation, this case raises the fascinating question of the
so-called right to be forgotten, and the issue of whether data subjects
can request that some or all search results concerning them are no
longer accessible through search engine.
All of these questions are new to the Court.
The referral arose out of a complaint made by the data subject
about announcements published some 15 years ago in the press and on the
internet about the forced sale of his property following bankruptcy.
read full article at UK Humans Right Blog
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