| This comes from a [EU Court 2014 Ruling][1] based on Spain's implementation of European Union Directive 95/46 from 1995 which has nothing to do with what you're talking about. [1]: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&doc... And the 2014 ruling, as this ruling, are clear that there is no absolute right to "erase" the result on a name. It is not a wildcard to erase every bit of relevant data about anyone, and Google regularly denies requests to de-list result on this basis. As the 2014 ruling provides: "Whilst it is true that the data subject’s rights protected by those articles also override, as a general rule, that interest of internet users, that balance may however depend, in specific cases, on the nature of the information in question and its sensitivity for the data subject’s private life and on the interest of the public in having that information, an interest which may vary, in particular, according to the role played by the data subject in public life. (§81 of 2014, Case C-131/12)" And for example the court provides that "for particular reasons" the right does not apply. Such reasons include "the role played by the data subject in public life" that would be "justified by the preponderant interest of the general public in having, on account of inclusion in the list of results, access to the information in question. (§97)" As always, the actual ruling is much more nuanced and balanced than many media reports or corporations would have you believe. |