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JURISPRUDENCIA FALLO Por todo lo expuesto, en nombre del Rey y por la autoridad que le conﬁere la Constitución, esta Sala ha decidido de acuerdo con la interpretación de las normas establecida en el fundamento jurídico quinto: Desestimar el recurso de casación interpuesto por la procuradora de los tribunales Dña. Felisa María González Ruiz, en nombre y representación de D. Eliseo , contra la sentencia de la Sala de lo Contencioso-administrativo de la Audiencia Nacional de 17 de junio de 2022 (rec. 140/2020), sin condenar en las costas de casación a ninguna de las partes. Notifíquese esta resolución a las partes e insértese en la colección legislativa. Así se acuerda y ﬁrma. 11

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D. Eliseo v. Spanish Personal Data Protection Agency

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Country

Spain

Country Location

Latitude: 40.17158238163279

Longitude: -3.6606463193890733

Country Location (Lié Case Law): Spain

Decision Date: 4 mars 2024

Case Status: Affaire Résolue

Case Outcome (Procedural)

Affirmed Lower Court

Case Outcome (Disposition)

Judgment in Favor of Defendant

Keywords

Defamation / Reputation
Digital Rights
Right to be Forgotten

Judicial Body: Suprême (cour d'appel de dernière instance)

Court Name: Supreme Court of Spain

Case Number: 7418/2022

Case Summary: The Supreme Court of Spain rejected a right to be forgotten claim lodged by the relatives of a court clerk who participated in the case in which the Spanish poet Miguel Hernández was sentenced to death in 1940. The son of Mr. D. Nemesio, who died in 1998, filed a lawsuit against the Spanish Personal Data Protection Agency to remove eighteen websites containing allegedly inaccurate information about his father. The defendant argued that the information was of public interest and had historical relevance since it regarded the events surrounding the poet’s death, and requested that the case be dismissed. After weighing the rights at stake, the Court held that, in matters of public interest and historical relevance, the right to access information and freedom of expression should prevail over the right to be forgotten. The Court held that the legal protection of the data of living persons is the same as that of the deceased. However, the Court found that the inaccuracies alleged by the petitioner were irrelevant or mere details in contrast to the essence of the information on the websites. The Court concluded, in this case, that the right to be forgotten should not apply because the facts surrounding the death of Hernández concern historical or scientific research of significant public interest, protected by freedom of expression and access to information. The Court found that allowing the removal of information of historical relevance would make impossible any robust public inquiry and debate about the past.

Case Significance: The decision of the Supreme Court of Spain expanded freedom of expression by rejecting a right to be forgotten request that sought to suppress information on the internet regarding issues of public interest and historical relevance, such as the events surrounding the death of the poet Miguel Hernandez in 1940. The Court consolidated legal standards about the protection of freedom of expression and access to information regarding historical and scientific research when weighed against the right to honor of the persons involved in those episodes. Considering that the elimination of information of historical relevance would make public debate on the past impossible, the Court strengthened the legal protection of vigorous debates on matters of public interest relevant to Spain’s history.

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

Source Name and URL: Global Freedom of Expression

Collection

Columbia

Date Updated: 19 juil. 2024

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