European Union: What is the "right to forget" imposed on companies like Google?

Its legislation The European Union imposes on companies that have search engines on the internet, such as Google, to allow their users to "right to oblivion».

Η Today 's ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union acquitted Google in the case of "Right to be forgotten". Now this "right-to-be-forgotten" right in English has only European and not global force for search engines like Google.

The ruling justifies Google in its confrontation with the French National Committee for Information Technology and Freedoms (Cnil) and is a major "victory" for search engines internationally.

But what is "Right to be forgotten"; According to the Personal Data Protection Authority, we are actually talking about the "right of deletion". It is the right of a person, ie the "data subject", to request the deletion of personal data concerning him from the internet. If he no longer wants this digital data to be processed and if there is no legal reason for the person in charge to process it.

However, other EU rights, such as the right to freedom of expression and the right to information, must also be guaranteed.

It should also be noted that the decision recognizes the right to digital oblivion to a limited extent, as the decision concerns the search for information published on websites based on a person's name and is addressed to search engines, such as Google, and not the content providers, ie the owners of the websites where the relevant information is published.

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