Ren Jiayu and Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd.
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitud: 33.86791231798495
Longitud: 104.42719150016907
- Country Location (vinculado Case Law)
- China
- Decision Date
- 25 dic 2015
- Case Status
- Cerrado
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Data Protection and Retention
- Privacy
- Right to be Forgotten
- Search Engines
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- 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.
- Related Caselaw
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression