Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Google is not responsible for what others have posted about you - Aftenposten

Has anyone posted any sensitive and private on a web page, not the search engine Google held responsible if it gets caught by them. It believes the ECJ, writes the Danish newspaper business.dk.

Google can not be forced to delete the information from its search index rings. It says Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen, which advises the European Court of Justice.

expected a verdict in the case in 2013, and the Court is not bound by what the Advocate General would think. But historically the Court majority rule followed the lawyer’s recommendation, writing business.dk.

decision is naturally enough followed with great interest by other search engines like Microsoft’s Bing and Yahoo.

reason for the trial is an appeal from a Spanish citizen. The person felt that the house should be posted to foreclosure, and this information was available on Google. The Spaniard insisted that the search giant would delete the information.

Eduardo Ustaran, lawyer with a specialty in personal at Field Fisher Waterhouse, told the Financial Times that it is fundamentally important for Google and other similar search engines that they can work without restrictions.

– But it is important to find a balance, so that people’s lives are not laid in ruins because of what may lie on a site, he said.

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