Ren Jiayu and Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd.
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
خط العرض: 33.86791231798495
خط الطول: 104.42719150016907
- Country Location (مرتبط Case Law)
- China
- Decision Date
- 25 ديسمبر 2015
- Case Status
- أُغلقت / إنتهت
- Case Outcome Procedural
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- الحكم لصالح المدعى عليه
- Keywords
- Data Protection
- Privacy
- Right to be forgotten
- Search Engines
- Judicial Body
- المحكمة الاستئنافية
- Case Number
- 中民终字第09558号
- Case Summary
Beijing's First Intermediate People's Court held that the right to personality, as guaranteed by China’s Tort Law, offered protection to a person’s right to privacy in a similar way to the “right to be forgotten”. The case concerned Ren Jiayu, who requested that the Haidian District People’s Court order a Chinese search engine to remove "related search" suggestions that he thought harmed his reputation and caused him to lose work. The Court accepted that one could be granted the “right to be forgotten” and have information de-indexed from search results provided he/she had a legitimate personal interest that needed to be protected. In this case, Ren Jiayu failed to satisfy this test since the information he wanted to de-index was still relevant to his current occupation.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
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