EU Court Backs 'Right To Be Forgotten'

NapalmV sends this news from the BBC: "The European Union Court of Justice said links to 'irrelevant' and outdated data should be erased on request. The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google's search results infringed his privacy. Google said the ruling was 'disappointing.'" The EU Justice Commissioner said, "Companies can no longer hide behind their servers being based in California or anywhere else in the world. ... The data belongs to the individual, not to the company. And unless there is a good reason to retain this data, an individual should be empowered — by law — to request erasure of this data." According to the ruling (PDF), if a search provider declines to remove the data, the user can escalate the situation to a judicial authority to make sure the user's rights are being respected.

Thank god

[Anonymous Coward]

Thank god for the european union......
Holy hell does the US government look like a douche now ~(lol)~

Re:Slashdot stories obviously have that right, too

[Travis Mansbridge]

This guy was really disappointed by Revolutions.