Control over personal data in a digital age: Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja Gonzalez

Lynskey, Orla (2015) Control over personal data in a digital age: Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja Gonzalez. Modern Law Review, 78 (3). pp. 522-534. ISSN 0026-7961

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In the Google Spain judgment, the Grand Chamber of the EU Court of Justice determined the circumstances in which a search engine is obliged to remove links to data pertaining to an individual from the results displayed. The Court also considered the material and territorial scope of the EU data protection rules. This note argues that the Court's findings, which have been heavily criticised, are normatively coherent. The broad scope of application of data protection rules and the right of individuals to have their data deleted when certain conditions are fulfilled both play a part in granting individuals effective control over their personal data – an objective of EU data protection law.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS...
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author. The Modern Law Review © 2015 The Modern Law Review Limited
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	14 May 2015 10:57
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61944

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