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03/02/2020 Details of 2016 (Kyo) 45 | Judgments of the Supreme Court Accordingly, the judgment is unanimously rendered as described in the main text. Presiding Judge Justice OKABE Kiyoko Justice OTANI Takehiko Justice OHASHI Masaharu Justice KIUCHI Michiyoshi Justice YAMASAKI Toshimitsu (This translation is provisional and subject to revision.) Copyrights (C) 2014 Supreme Court of Japan. All Rights Reserved. www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=1511 7/7

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Plaintiff X v. Google

Case Law

Country

Japan

Country Location

Latitude: 36.70290703116753

Longitude: 139.16587250319287

Country Location (linked Case Law): Japan

Decision Date: Jan 31, 2017

Case Status: Closed

Case Outcome (Procedural)

Affirmed Lower Court
Motion Denied

Case Outcome (Disposition)

Judgment in Favor of Defendant/ Acquittal

Keywords

Data Protection and Retention
Privacy
Right to be Forgotten
Search Engines

Judicial Body: Supreme Court (court of final appeal)

Case Number: 2016 (Kyo) 45

Case Summary: The Supreme Court of Japan recognized that, in certain circumstances, a person could require that a search engine operator de-index URLs and other information concerning him/her from search results. The case concerned a man who had been fined in November 2011 on charges relating to paying for child prostitution. This information was reported on several websites at the time and, in 2014, the man requested that Google de-index information concerning his fine from search results. Google did not grant the request. Although a person had the right to have information de-indexed in certain circumstances, the Supreme Court of Japan held that the individual in this case could not oblige Google to do so because of the public interest in the availability of information pertaining to child prostitution, and the narrow dissemination of the information in question.

Case Significance: The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.

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