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Google wins EU appeal against France's 'right to be forgotten' claim

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Google LLC is not by default required to de-reference results on a global scale in relation to the "right to be forgotten" rule.

The ruling is in response to French data protection authority CNIL's implementation of a €100,000 fine on the Alphabet Inc. unit in 2016 for refusing to adhere to a request to delist search results outside of Europe.

CNIL ruled that Google must delete links from search results in non-EU countries, since users can easily work their way around the delisted results. CNIL reiterated that the right to delist does not correspond to the removal of the information on the internet.

However, in the EU court's Sept. 24 ruling, it stated that the law only requires a search engine operator "carry out such a de-referencing on the versions of its search engine corresponding to all the Member States."

The EU court added that it does not prohibit the practice of global de-referencing and allows authorities of the member states to "weigh up" an individual's right to privacy and the right to freedom of information.