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                 EU Rules Google Must Amend Some Search Results

   by VOA News

   A European court has ruled that Google must amend some of its search
   results at the request of ordinary people when they show links to
   "inadequate" or "no longer relevant" information.

   The Court of Justice of the European Union took up a complaint
   concerning a Spanish citizen to have a "right to be forgotten" when
   data about individuals becomes outdated.
   The court said Tuesday Google and other search engines have control of
   individuals' private information because it processes links about a
   person and presents it in a systematic way. It found that individuals
   have a right to control their private data under European law, even if
   the information was legally published, and especially if the
   individuals are not public figures.
   There was no immediate response from Google.
   Google had argued that it does not control personal data and only
   offers links to information freely available on the Internet. It had
   also argued that removing data on a person would amount to censorship.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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