‘Right to be forgotten’ on Google only applies in EU, court rules

Europe’s top court says firm does not have to take sensitive information off global search

Google does not have to apply Europe’s landmark “right to be forgotten” law globally, the continent’s highest court has ruled.

The right to be forgotten was enshrined by the European court of justice in 2014, when it said Google must delete “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant” data from its results when a member of the public requests it.

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