Google falls foul of European Courts

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The European court of human rights have declared that Google is not outside the law, at least not in EU, the decision which could end up affecting the whole of Google across the world means that they now have have to remove "non-relevant links" to an individual, they have up until now refused to do it.

A Spanish man who went through financial difficulties in the late 1990's claimed that when his name was Googled, the top ranking article was a small piece about him having property repossessed in 1998, he claimed in the court that the information was no longer relevant, as he was now solvent. The Court agreed and have told Google to break all links it has to the article.

The Court also said that "for too long Google has said that it is not a media company, so does not fall in the category of "right to privacy legislation" in Europe, the Court maintains that Google is a media company, and has responsibility to negate non-relevant information about a private persons past.