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No "Right To Be Forgotten," Says EU Advocate General

Posted by timothy on from the they'll-remember-you-said-that dept.

DW100 writes "A ruling this morning from the European Court of Justice has said that Google does not have to delete personal data from its search index, in a case that could have huge ramifications for web privacy and the so-called 'right to be forgotten.'" From the article: EU Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen "said Google and other search engines are not subject to privacy requirements under current European data protection law. 'Search engine service providers are not responsible, on the basis of the Data Protection Directive, for personal data appearing on web pages they process,' he said in his official ruling, published by the court. He went on to explain that based on current laws citizens do not have a right to be removed from search indexes within the framework of the Data Protection Directive. 'The Directive does not establish a general "right to be forgotten." Such a right cannot therefore be invoked against search engine service providers on the basis of the Directive,' he said."

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  1. frigging retard 'merkins... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look, we KNOW that you're got a hard-on for slagging off the EU because your country is a has-been and is falling apart visibly day by day, but can you at LEAST read what the fuck you're posting to? Or is your right to plaster your fucking "free speech" all over the internet so mandatory that you can't (and should not) wait until you've informed yourself before you have an opinion and spout it out to the world???

    The EU ruling was signed up to allow you to force people keeping data that is personal (under the remit of what counts as such for the Data Protection Act) to be removed. Some retard thought they could make believe this was a "magigal world" where you can tell everyone to delete information that ISN'T private information (per DPA) but the same lawmakers who helped craft it told him "It isn't a magical world.".

    Then YOU come along and go all "oh, it wasn't a 'magical world' like they thought, therefore I should be ALLOWED to keep private information because companies want it and they are better than you people!!!".