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Every ruling we follow on the right to be forgotten and the removal of online reviews, each with the core of the case, the reasoning of the court and what it means in practice.
7 rulings
Netherlands · Review removal
Patent Office Official Loses Bid to Force Google to Remove Critical Review
The court denied the request. The review was professionally worded and not unnecessarily offensive or defamatory, making the text itself not unlawful
Rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant ·
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Court refers repeated Google delisting request to EU justice panel for GDPR guidance
The court ruled. Court refers preliminary questions to the European Court of Justice regarding interpretation of Article 21 GDPR ('at any time' right)
Rechtbank Den Haag ·
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Court Denies Real Estate Entrepreneurs' Bid to Remove 'Slumlord' Search Results
The court denied the request. The reporting serves an important warning function and is part of a societal debate about the rental housing sector
Rechtbank Noord-Nederland ·
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Doctor loses bid to scrub discipline records from Google search results
The court denied the request. The information is recent, relevant and factual regarding professional conduct, not the plaintiff's private life
Gerechtshof Amsterdam ·
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Computer business fails to force Google removal of negative review
The court denied the request. Plaintiff could not sufficiently prove the review was 'fake' - Google demonstrated that plaintiff did sell Asus computers
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Court bans revenge reviews against judicial expert
The court ruled. Reviews contained factually incorrect statements about travel costs and expert's methodology
Rechtbank Oost-Brabant ·
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Court Denies GDPR Removal Request for Anonymized Judicial Decision
The court denied the request. The judicial decision as legal analysis falls outside the GDPR scope as it cannot be controlled for accuracy or corrected
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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