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Google Wins Case Over Reach of EU 'Right to be Forgotten'

Associated Press

   BRUSSELS - Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday,
   when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't
   have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its search
   engines outside the region.

   The case stems from a 2014 ruling that said people have the right to
   control what appears when their name is searched online. They can ask
   Google, for example, to remove a link. The French privacy regulator
   then wanted that rule applied to all of Google's domains, even outside
   the EU, and asked the EU's top court for advice.

   The European Court of Justice said Tuesday that there "is no obligation
   under EU law for a search engine operator" to extend the rule beyond
   the EU states.

   It said, however, that a search engine operator must put measures in
   place to discourage internet users from going outside the EU to find
   that information.

   The decision, which matches a preliminary opinion in January from the
   court's adviser, highlights the need to balance data privacy and
   protection concerns against the public's right to information. It also
   raises questions about how to enforce differing jurisdictions when it
   comes to the borderless internet.

   In a reaction to the ruling, Google's Senior Privacy Counsel Peter
   Fleischer said "it's good to see that the Court agreed with our
   arguments" and added that Google had worked hard "to strike a sensible
   balance between people's rights of access to information and privacy."

   The European Commission noted that the court again confirmed that the
   "right to be forgotten" exists in the EU.

   The 2014 ruling that people in the EU have the right to control what
   appears when their name is searched online forced Google to delete
   links to outdated or embarrassing personal information that popped up
   in searches within the 28-nation bloc.
   

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