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| 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 "right to be forgotten". | |
| The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request. | |
| The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google's search results infringed his privacy. | |
| Google has said forcing it to remove data amounts to censorship. | |
| The search engine says it does not control data, it only offers links to information freely available on the internet. | |
| The "right to be forgotten" would require search engines to edit some searches to make them compliant with the European directive on the protection of personal data. | |
| In its judgement, the court in Luxembourg said people had the right to request information be removed if it appeared to be "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant". | |
| It comes 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. | |
| He said the matter had been resolved and should no longer be linked to him. |