Wednesday, May 14, 2014

'I'm Happy,' Says Man Whose Case Changed Europe's Rules For Google --- The Spanish man whose court battle against Google resulted in a European court ruling in his favor – and for the "right to be forgotten" – says he is pleased with the case's outcome. -- Mario Costeja Gonzalez had been upset that old and damaging information about him came up in a search. The European Court of Justice sided with Costeja Tuesday, ruling that Internet search engines are responsible for the information they display. The case started after Costeja did a Google search of his own name; the results showed notices about financial troubles he had back in 1998. -- From Madrid, Lauren Frayer reports for our Newscast unit: -- From Madrid, Lauren Frayer reports for our Newscast unit: -- " 'It hurts my reputation,' he says in Spanish. 'My debts are long paid, but those links were the first thing you'd see.' -- "He sued, and won. The European Court of Justice says Google must edit some search results, if people like Mario Costeja request it. -- "Costeja says he's pleased — that he's always considered Google a 'great tool' — and he says now it's even better. -- "The search giant disagrees and says altering search results amounts to censorship." -- Costeja tells The Guardian that he doesn't want Google to purge all of its records about people. -- "I was fighting for the elimination of data that adversely affects people's honor, dignity and exposes their private lives," he says. "Everything that undermines human beings, that's not freedom of expression." -- Costeja would not reveal how much the legal fight against Google had cost him. -- "Like anyone would be when you tell them they're right, I'm happy," he said. --- According to The Guardian, the case will be used as a precedent in more than 200 cases pending in Spain's court system; in many of them, plaintiffs are asking for links to be deleted. - NPR

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