European Court's verdict: Google has to removed data if asked!

More bad new for Google from Europe. The Internet giant struck out after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Google has to remove all links containing personal data if asked.

This will make Google responsible for all personal information and if asked by any user, outdated and irrelevant links must be erased. Everything started from a Spanish man who auctioned his home online in 1998. After the deal was made he requested his right to privacy so that any information regarding his name and real estate should be removed. The Spanish man argued that Google needs to remove any links to the offering from its search index. After failin to get an answer, the European Court was asked to step in.

“The operator is, in certain circumstance, obligated to remove links to web pages that are published by third parties and contain information relating to a person from the list of results displayed following a search made on the basis of that person;s name. The Court makes it clear that such an obligation may also exist in a case where that name or information is not erased beforehand or simultaneously from those web pages, and even, as the case may be, when its publication in itself on those pages is lawful,” stated the European Court today.

However, today's ruling is not yet a law, but it is very close of becoming one. What this mean is that individual user that want their names and other data from the Internet can approach the operator directly and where user don't find closure they can bring the matter into Court hands in order to obtain the much desired data removal. Google has yet failed to comment on the EC decision.