In Madrid we met Mario’s lawyer, Joaquin Munoz Rodriguez, who pointed out some problems: the right to be forgotten applies to ordinary Europeans, such as Mario, but not to public figures. When a European citizen no longer wants personal data to be processed, it can be deleted. The European Union’s data protection reform strengthens individual rights, and protects personal information regardless of where it is sent, processed or stored – even outside the EU. Smartphone penetration and social media sharing have created an almost constant stream of personal updates and photos. Interesting opinion/brief from EFF on the French/EU "right to be forgotten" #law: #Privacy #TheInternetNeverForgets /KtzbSLp6gk- FennelAurora InfoSec (FennelAurora) December 21, 2016 The old situation was not a normal one: big technology companies and search engines behaved like they were in a lawless world, they just did what they wanted to do. It is difficult to face giants like Google and their powerful lobbying groups. When facing a problem with a search engine, as an ordinary European, you had to send a request to the United States.
“As Europeans we couldn’t do anything about it. “Google just ignored me,” Gonzalez told Euronews. In 2014 the European Court of Justice published a landmark ruling on the right to be forgotten. His fight with the internet giant took six years. He asked Google to de-link the archives from his name. Mario was annoyed because every time he googled his name, the search results brought up an old story about the forced sale of his property. Mario Costeja Gonzalez helped bring about the new EU rules after a lengthy legal battle with search engine Google. In this report, we look at what this means for us. European Union citizens have a new fundamental right: the right to be forgotten.
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