{"id":18221,"date":"2014-05-13T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18221"},"modified":"2014-05-13T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:10:48","slug":"eu-backs-right-to-be-forgotten-in-google-privacy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/eu-backs-right-to-be-forgotten-in-google-privacy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"EU backs &#8216;right to be forgotten&#8217; in Google privacy case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called &#8220;right to be forgotten&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/jcms\/upload\/docs\/application\/pdf\/2014-05\/cp140070en.pdf\">European Union Court of Justice said<\/a>\u00a0links to &#8220;irrelevant&#8221; and outdated data should be erased on request.<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google&#8217;s search results infringed his privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Google said the ruling was &#8220;disappointing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_2\">&#8220;We now need to take time to analyse the implications,&#8221; a spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Inadequate&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The search engine says it does not control data, it only offers links to information freely available on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>It has previously said forcing it to remove data amounts to censorship.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, welcomed the court&#8217;s decision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=304206613078842&amp;id=291423897690447\">in a post on Facebook<\/a>, saying it was a &#8220;clear victory for the protection of personal data of Europeans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ruling confirms the need to bring today&#8217;s data protection rules from the &#8220;digital stone age&#8221; into today&#8217;s modern computing world,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission proposed a law giving users the &#8220;right to be forgotten&#8221; in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It would require search engines to edit some searches to make them compliant with the European directive on the protection of personal data.<\/p>\n<p>In its judgement, the court in Luxembourg said people had the right to request information be removed if it appeared to be &#8220;inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2012, the European Commission published plans for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-16677370\">a &#8220;right to be forgotten&#8221; law<\/a>\u00a0, allowing people to request that data about themselves to be deleted<\/li>\n<li>Online service providers would have to comply unless they had &#8220;legitimate&#8221; reason to do otherwise<\/li>\n<li>The plans are part of a wide-ranging overhaul of the commission&#8217;s 1995 Data Protection Directive<\/li>\n<li>UK&#8217;s Ministry of Justice is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2013\/apr\/04\/britain-opt-out-right-to-be-forgotten-law\">seeking British opt-out<\/a>\u00a0from any law &#8211; it claims that the law &#8220;raises unrealistic and unfair expectations&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Some tech firms have expressed concern about the reach of the bill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"line break \" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/66933000\/gif\/_66933045_line2.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones says the court&#8217;s judgement has huge consequences for anyone who publishes material online about individuals.<\/p>\n<p>It appears to say that anyone who does not like an old story about them can ask for it to be wiped away, he says.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling stresses that the rights of the individual are paramount when it comes to their control over their personal data, although there is a public interest defence when it comes to people in public life.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came after Mario Costeja Gonzalez complained that a search of his name in Google brought up newspaper articles from 16 years ago about a sale of property to recover money he owed.<\/p>\n<p>He said the matter had been resolved and should no longer be linked to him.<\/p>\n<p>The case is one of scores of similar cases in Spain whose complainants want Google to delete their personal information from their search results.<\/p>\n<p>The court said people should address any request for data to be removed to the operator of the search engine, which must then examine its merits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called &#8220;right to be forgotten&#8221;. 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