Tag: European union court of justice

‘Right to be forgotten’ leads Google to remove embarrassing news stories

Last week Google began to remove search results due to a ruling from the European Union Court of Justice. The ruling compelled Google to remove any results about individuals that are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed”. However, various news outlets in the ...

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Tags: bbc, European union court of justice, Google, right to be forgotten

Google begins to remove search results following controversial ruling

Google has begun to remove search results that relate to particular individuals. The action by the search engine comes after a controversial ruling from the European Union Court of Justice. The Court ruled that Google had to change its search results that were irrelevant or outdated at the request of ordinary people. The ruling was ...

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Tags: censorship, European union court of justice, Google, right to be forgotten