EU Court Rules in Favor of 'Rights to be Forgotten' in Google Search Engines

google appThe internet has a better memory than most, and if you’ve ever tried to erase anything online, you’ll soon find that it’s next to impossible. That’s why the ruling from the high court of the European Union will prove significant – it basically lays out the rights of users to have irrelevant, damaging data removed from search engines.

The 2010 case originated from Mario Costeja González, who filed a complaint against Google for references and links to outdated newspaper stories from 1998 when González had his home repossessed.

Spanish Data Protection Commissioner (AEDP) had ruled that the irrelevant pages needed to be removed, but Google fought back, claiming that forced removal so is akin censorship, which violates the company’s rights.

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