The recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Google Spain SL v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos is a good opportunity to compare the obligation of search engines with reference to the search results in Europe and United States. The ruling of May 13, 2014, holds that all European citizens have a […]
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The recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Google Spain SL v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos is a good opportunity to compare the obligation of search engines with reference to the search results in Europe and United States. The ruling of May 13, 2014, holds that all European citizens have a “right to […]
According to the Washington Post the “right to be forgotten” just got real. The newspaper reports that Google received more than 50,000 requests for removal. As ordered by the European court of justice, the company is beginning to remove content from search results. More information on the ECJ decision may be found here. Related documents […]
On May 13, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) — Case C 131-12, issued a preliminary ruling (i.e. an interpretation decision) on referral of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional (National High Court). The ECJ found that a search engine’s retrieval […]
The article comments the “right to be forgotten decision” of the European Court of Justice (Case C 131-12) In particular, in light of decision, the article discuss the following points: -whether the “activity of a search engine properly classified as “processing of personal data” and whether “the operator of the search engine [ is] thus a […]
Several DPAs have issued guidance on how individuals can exercise their rights as data subjects vis-a-vis social media platforms. See for example: – ICO – United Kingdom: https://ico.org.uk… – Data Protection Commissioner – Ireland: https://dataprotection.ie… – Croatian Data Protection Agency: request for the protection of rights request for removing personal data from social networks reporting […]
After WP29 issued the guidelines to help authorities to deal with appeals resulting from search engines’ refusal to “de-list” (see here), the Italian Data Protection Authority is facing the challenges of implementing the Costeja case, C-131/12 and its “right to be forgotten”. As of February 2015, the Italian Data Protection Authority received around 10 appeals against search engines refusal to […]
The Corte Supreme di Cassazione (The Italian court of last instance) made available on line the judgments of the last five years. The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) suggests that this publication – which includes also the name of parties and third parties involved in the litigation- could violate the privacy of these parties and […]