- Title: Google wins in 'right to be forgotten' fight with France
- Date: 24th September 2019
- Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) 'RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN' BEING TYPED INTO GOOGLE SEARCH WINDOW MAN TYPING ON KEYBOARD MAN USING GOOGLE WEBSITE GOOGLE PAGE DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULT, READING (English): "EU Privacy Removal Request Form" MAN FILLING GOOGLE'S REMOVAL REQUEST FORM GOOGLE'S REMOVAL REQUEST FORM DISPLAYED ON COMPUTER SCREEN INTERNET (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF UPPER SECTION OF GOOGLE'S REMOVAL REQUEST FORM BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) MAN LOOKING AT GOOGLE FORM DETAIL OF FORM, READING (English): "Identify the personal information you want removed and its location." INTERNET (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF MIDDLE SECTION OF GOOGLE'S REMOVAL REQUEST FORM BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) MAN USING COMPUTER MOUSE INTERNET (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF LOWER SECTION OF GOOGLE'S REMOVAL REQUEST FORM
- Embargoed: 8th October 2019 10:29
- Keywords: personal data France privacy CNIL European Court of Justice EU court Google European Union globally tech giant Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes
- Location: LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
- City: LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
- Country: Luxembourg
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA004AY0PBUV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Google does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data globally, the European Union's top court said on Tuesday (September 24) as it ruled on the fight between the U.S. tech giant and French privacy regulators.
France's privacy watchdog CNIL in 2016 fined Google 100,000 euros for refusing to delist sensitive information from internet search results globally upon request in what is called the 'right to be forgotten.'
The cases are C-507/17 Google and C-136/17 G.C. e.a.
The European Commission proposed in 2012 that people should have a "right to be forgotten" on the Internet. This was watered down by the European Parliament last year in favour of a "right to erasure" of specific information.
The issues of privacy and data protection in Europe have become all the more sensitive since a former U.S. intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, leaked details last year of U.S. surveillance programmes for monitoring vast quantities of emails and phone records worldwide.
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