Press Release: Judgment in ECJ Case C-131/12: Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González

In the judgment of the 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that an internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties.

Thus, if, following a search made on the basis of a person’s name, the list of results displays a link to a web page which contains information on the person in question, that data subject may approach the operator directly and, where the operator does not grant his request, bring the matter before the competent authorities in order to obtain, under certain conditions, the removal of that link from the list of results.

ESO: Background information: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-131/12. Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-advocate-generals-opinion-in-case-c-131-12-google-spain-sl-google-inc-v-agencia-espanola-de-proteccion-de-datos-mario-costeja-gonzalez/

ESO: Background information: European Court of Justice orders Google to delete personal data http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-court-of-justice-orders-google-to-delete-personal-data/

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Hollande to lay foundation of ‘protected’ EU internet http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-and-hollande-to-lay-foundation-of-protected-eu-internet/

ESO: Background information: Defiant Google rolls out privacy rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/defiant-google-rolls-out-privacy-rules/

ESO: Background information: The right to be forgotten - between expectations and practice http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-right-to-be-forgotten-between-expectations-and-practice/

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