2022-12-12 11:05:49
A woman walks through the entrance of the European Court of Justice headquarters in Luxembourg – Photo: AP
According to the Associated Press, under the ruling, the governing body of search engines, including the world’s most popular Google, must remove information in search results if someone is involved in the information. This information requires deletion and there is sufficient evidence to prove that the information is “clearly false”.
In addition, under a principle known as the “right to be forgotten”, Europeans also have the right to ask Google and other search engines to remove links to outdated and misleading information. trouble for them, even if the information is true.
Data protection provisions in the European Union (EU) give people control over information related to names in search results.
However, there are also arguments around the contradiction between the right to privacy and the right to know public opinion.
Following the ruling, Google welcomed the court’s decision. “Since 2014 we have worked hard to implement the right to be forgotten in Europe and to strike the right balance between everyone’s right to information and privacy,” the Google Company statement said. tell.
The court’s decision was made in a case filed in Germany’s highest court in which the plaintiffs are two managers of a group of investment companies. The plaintiffs asked Google to remove search results related to their names that were tied to articles critical of the group’s investment model.
The plaintiffs allege that the articles made false accusations. They also asked Google to remove thumbnail-style avatars that appear in Google’s image search engine and are not tied to any context.
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