I think we're going to hear a lot more about this topic in the future. A high court in Europe has upheld the argument made by a Spanish citizen that he has the right to be forgotten in Google Search engine results.
The basis of the case was an article published in 1998 in a Spanish newspaper that mentioned that citizen by name and a legal matter that he was involved in at the time. The Spaniard argued that the matter had been settled and the issue was no longer relevant. The newspaper did not have to remove the article but the complaint was that Google was damaging his reputation by indexing something that happened over 15 years ago.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency(AEPD) ordered that the company had to remove links to two pages published in 1998 by Spanish newspaper La Vanguadia. Google appealed the ruling and The European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld the AEPD ruling. Google has to remove the references to the article in it's European version of their Search Engine.
Imagine the possibilities! I'm sure we've all got a lot of things we'd like to see "forgotten" on the Internet! Are you listening Sarah Palin?
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