EU backs \\\'right to be forgotten\\\'
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called "right to be forgotten".
The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request.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 has said forcing it to remove data amounts to censorship.
The search engine says it does not control data, it only offers links to information freely available on the internet.
In its judgement, the court in Luxembourg said people had the right to request information be removed if it appeared to be "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant", according to BBC.