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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.
45 rulings
Netherlands · Right to be forgotten
Court Denies Request to Remove Charity Search Results Citing Public Interest
The court denied the request. The public has a compelling interest in accessing information about (former) activities in the charity sector, which is subject to current societal debate
Rechtbank Den Haag ·
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Court upholds right to publish articles about civil servant's departure and software sale
The court denied the request. The articles do not contain criminal personal data as there are no proven facts or serious indications of criminal conduct
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Music producer's bid to scrub tax evasion search results rejected by court
The court denied the request. The search results do not contain criminal personal data as there are no proven facts or founded suspicions - only allegations of tax evasion that did not lead to conviction
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Man wins right to remove criminal conviction search results from Google
The court granted the request. Google fell under the categorical prohibition of Article 16 Data Protection Act for criminal personal data, but this was not applied absolutely due to the societal function of search engines
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Former accountant loses bid to scrub disciplinary records from Google search results
The court denied the request. The public has a legitimate interest in accessing information about professional misconduct of an accountant now working as a lawyer in financial compliance
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Former Company Director's Right to Be Forgotten Claim Rejected Over Public Interest
The court denied the request. The information in the articles was still current and relevant as the bankruptcies had not been settled and proceedings regarding director liability were still ongoing
Rechtbank Limburg ·
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Artist manager wins right to erase decade-old fraud conviction from Google search results
The court granted the request. The applicant's right to privacy outweighs Google's economic interest and the public interest in accessing the information
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Court Blocks Real Estate Investor's Bid to Hide Criminal Suspicion Search Results
The court denied the request. The public has a significant interest in information about business-related suspicions against the applicant, especially for potential business partners
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Businesswoman's bid to remove Google search results on university contract disputes rejected by court
The court denied the request. The search results are not inaccurate, irrelevant or excessive - they concern legitimate news reporting about applicant's professional activities
Rechtbank Midden-Nederland ·
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Entrepreneur wins right to remove search link about dismissed drug investigation
The court granted the request. Plaintiff is not a 'public figure' - owning a gym and sports shoe store is insufficient to classify him as a public figure
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Supreme Court orders new review of Google search result removal in murder plot case
The court ruled. The court had not properly balanced the privacy interest of plaintiff against the public's interest in accessing information when searching for plaintiff's name
Hoge Raad ·
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Man fails to force Google to remove fraud allegations lacking proof of inaccuracy
The court denied the request. Plaintiff could not prove that the published information about him (regarding false diplomas, fraud and threats) was incorrect
Rechtbank Midden-Nederland ·
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Man loses right-to-be-forgotten bid over voluntarily published business URLs
The court ruled. URL 1 contained criminal personal data subject to the processing prohibition under Article 16 Wbp without exception
Rechtbank Overijssel ·
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Former developer loses bid to scrub search results on property disputes and bank seizure
The court denied the request. No processing of criminal personal data in search results - search results did not link applicant to any criminal offense
Rechtbank Den Haag ·
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Man's bid to suppress murder-for-hire search results rejected by court
The court denied the request. Plaintiff plays a role in public life due to his conviction for a serious criminal offense (attempted solicitation of murder), making the public interest in accessing information outweigh his privacy interest
Parket bij de Hoge Raad ·
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Lawyer wins right to remove criminal conviction from Google search results
The court granted the request. Google Inc. processed criminal personal data in violation of the prohibition in Article 16 of the Dutch Data Protection Act, without any applicable exception
Rechtbank Rotterdam ·
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Court Denies Journalist's Bid to Remove Old Plagiarism Article From Google Search
The court denied the request. The NRC article contains accurate information about a serious journalistic misconduct (plagiarism) that remains relevant to the applicant's professional activities
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Court denies murder suspect's bid to scrub Google search results
The court denied the request. The public has a legitimate interest in accessing information about serious crimes and the prosecution of the appellant
Gerechtshof Amsterdam ·
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Court blocks KPMG partner's bid to erase container housing search results
The court denied the request. The search results are relevant and not excessive as they contain accurate information about plaintiff published in prominent media that deemed it 'news'
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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Convicted murderer's plot fails to scrub Google search results about crime
The court denied the request. Google Inc sufficiently demonstrated that Google Netherlands is not the data controller for Google Search and not involved in developing or offering the search engine
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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TV presenter loses bid to scrub Google search results linking her to adult sites
The court denied the request. Google has no preventive involvement with or influence on the content of automatically generated search results
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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