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Publishers Abstract:
Comments on the European Court of Justice ruling in Google Spain SL v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) (C-131/12) on whether Spain's data protection authority could use Directive 95/46 to compel a search engine to remove links to publications about an individual's involvement in bankruptcy proceedings a decade before. Details the issues decided by the court, notes concerns over Google's control over information, and discusses the court's failure to consider the case's practical implications or to conduct a meaningful balancing exercise between the competing interests involved.