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What Google Must Forget: The EU Ruling on the Right to Be Forgotten

Posted on May 14, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Daniel Solove offers his comments on the stunning ruling from the EU Court of Justice yesterday:

1. The right to be forgotten now appears to be a full-fledged right in the EU.

Before this case, there had been debate about the recognition of a right to be forgotten in connection with proposed new EU legislation. The so-called “right to be forgotten” is the right of people to have their personal data deleted from various record systems.

The decision now appears to be more than just a proposal, as the court held that the EU Data Protection Directive already protects this right.

2. The right to be forgotten is not just an EU right — it also exists in US law.

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