Recommendations on the right to be forgotten By La Quadrature du Net and Reporters Without Borders

The European Union Court of Justice ruling of 13 May 2014 on a case brought by Google Spain highlighted the problems for the protection of freedom of expression and the right to information posed by the right to be removed from search engine results and, more broadly, the right to be forgotten. Privacy and freedom of expression are fundamental rights of equal value (articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and articles 8 and 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union). Whenever one conflicts with the other, a balance must be reached under a judge’s authority because, as a matter of principle, one cannot be given more importance than the other.

La Quadrature du Net and Reporters Without Borders have issued a series of recommendations.

ESO: Background information: Leaving the right to be forgotten in Google’s hands hasn’t broken the internet yet http://www.europeansources.info/record/leaving-the-right-to-be-forgotten-in-googles-hands-hasnt-broken-the-internet-yet/

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/

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