Google told European Union judges that France’s privacy watchdog is “out on a limb” with a relentless policy to get the search engine giant to allow EU citizens a global right to be forgotten online.
In a hearing at the bloc’s top court, Google said extending the scope of the four-year-old EU right across the world was “completely unenvisagable.” Such a step would “unreasonably interfere” with people’s freedom of expression and information and lead to “endless conflicts” with countries that don’t recognize the right to be forgotten.
“The French CNIL’s global delisting approach seems to be very much out on a limb,” Patrice Spinosi, a French lawyer who represents Google, told a 15-judge panel at the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday. It is in “utter variance” with recent judgments.
Source: Google Attacks `Out on a Limb’ French Privacy Agency in EU Spat | Bloomberg