87. Section 26(1) (under the title: “erasure ofpersonal data no longer , required ) of the Ordinance provides that: “A data user must take all practicable steps to erase personal data held by the data user where the data is no longer required for the purpose (including any directly related purpose) for which the data was used unless- (a) any such erasure is prohibited under any law; or (b) it is in the public interest (including historical interest) for ' the data not to be erased. 88. >'' In Google Spain SL, Goosle Inc. v Asencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja Gonzalez (C-131/12, 13 May 2014) (“Google Spain ) " , the complainant, a Spanish national, lodged a complaint with AEPD, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, against a publisher of a daily newspaper circulated in Spain, Google Spain and Google Inc. His complaint was that when a Google search was conducted using his name as the keyword, the results showed links to two pages of the newspaper , which contained an announcement for an auction organized following attachment proceedings for the recovery of social security debts owed by him. His requests were that the newspaper, Google Spain and Google Inc. should take steps to ensure that the personal data relating to him no longer appeared. The AEPD rejected his complaint against the newspaper but , upheld those against Google Spain and Google Inc.. 59