The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg made the resolution Tuesday that Google should be responsible for removing certain content that is deemed “sensitive”.
The court’s ruling was in response to several recent complaints such as one from Spain in which a man felt his privacy was being invaded because search results showed the details of his home that had been taken.
According to USA Today , If a Google search on a person’s name shows results that give a link to a page that reveals information on that person, then that person may contact the search engine to have it removed. If the search engine does not comply then the person may take the matter to court to have the link removed from the search engine’s results given the scenario, the judges stated.
Europe has been seeking to establish a privacy law that goes even further to protect the rights of its citizens. The law is said to have an even stricter sensitive content removal policy that would not only apply to search engines, but social media as well, The New York Times noted.
This has troubled Google as they take time to thoroughly analyze the ruling. Google believes that it is simply doing its job by posting readily available legal links.
Google is currently under investigation for privacy issues worldwide. It is uncertain at this time if Google will change how it conducts its business in the U.S due to this ruling.