Google refuses French order to apply

Google announced on 30 July 2015 it had decided to refuse to accept an order from France's data protection authority, the CNIL (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés) to delete search results worldwide when users invoke their 'right to be forgotten' online.

The company’s rejection of the ruling could see its French subsidiary facing daily fines, although no explicit sanction had yet been declared.

Google said 'As a matter of principle, ..., we respectfully disagree with the CNIL’s assertion of global authority on this issue and we have asked the CNIL to withdraw its Formal Notice'.

France's data protection watchdog rejected on the 21 September 2015 the appeal by Google against a decision ordering the Internet giant to comply with users' requests to have information about them removed from all search results.

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