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Google in Court over Spanish Privacy Laws
On January 19, 2011, a Spanish court will hear a case against Google, launched by the Spanish government’s data protection agency. The agency is tasked with managing complaints from Spanish citizens over the handling of their personal data on the Internet.
According to the agency, Google is required to remove links to sites claimed by the agency to violate people’s privacy rights. This could include potentially embarrassing information about an individual’s activities, including the publication of administrative sanctions, notices of financial debt, and details of victims of domestic violence.
Google, however, argues that instead of requiring search engines to remove such data, the agency should be asking the actual newspapers and websites to remove the information.
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