In 1998, Mario Costeja, a Spanish citizen, was delinquent in paying some of his taxes. A newspaper reported the forced sale of some of his property and the context of his debt. In 2009, the newspaper article still appeared in the Google results for his name. Costeja contacted Google and demanded that the newspaper article be removed from its results for his name since it was old and no longer relevant to his life and community standing. Google refused

 

Has Google violated European privacy laws?

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Yes Googles refusal to remove the newspaper article from its search results for Mario Costejas name ... View the full answer