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| EU backs 'right to be forgotten' | EU backs 'right to be forgotten' |
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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". | 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| The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request. | The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request.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. | 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 said the ruling was "disappointing". | |
| "We now need to take time to analyse the implications," a spokesperson added. | |
| 'Inadequate' | |
| The search engine says it does not control data, it only offers links to information freely available on the internet. | The search engine says it does not control data, it only offers links to information freely available on the internet. |
| It has previously said forcing it to remove data amounts to censorship. | |
| The EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, welcomed the court's decision in a post on Facebook, saying it was a "clear victory for the protection of personal data of Europeans". | |
| "The ruling confirms the need to bring today's data protection rules from the "digital stone age" into today's modern computing world," she said. | |
| The European Commission proposed a law giving users the "right to be forgotten" in 2012. | |
| It would require search engines to edit some searches to make them compliant with the European directive on the protection of personal data. | |
| A right to be forgotten? | |
| 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". | 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. | 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. | He said the matter had been resolved and should no longer be linked to him. |
| The case is one of scores of similar cases in Spain whose complainants want Google to delete their personal information from their search results. |