Google LLC. v. Audiencia Nacional
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 40.17158238163279
Longitude: -3.6606463193890733
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Spain
- Decision Date
- Jan 11, 2019
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Access Restriction/Content Regulation/Information Control
- Keywords
- Filtering and Blocking
- Freedom of Expression
- Intermediary Liability
- Public Interest
- Public Officials
- Right to be Forgotten
- Search Engines
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Case Number
- STC 12/2019
- Case Summary
The Supreme Court of Spain recognized the right to be forgotten of a public official whose name appeared in Google’s search results related to partially inaccurate facts published by the newspaper El País. In 2007, El País published an article claiming that the official participated in an illegal wild boar hunt for which he was fined. The official successfully appealed the fine, and subsequently sought to de-index El País’ article from Google’s search results. Google refused citing freedom of information. The Supreme Court ruled for the official, arguing that in this case, the right to the protection of personal data superseded the right to information because the content of the search result was inaccurate.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression