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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.
61 rulings
Netherlands · Right to be forgotten
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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Daycare wins legal battle over fake Google reviews, court orders removal and user data disclosure
The court ruled. Four reviews were evidently unlawful as they were fake/spam - copied from other websites and using false identities
Rechtbank Amsterdam ·
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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 ·
Read the analysisNetherlands · Review removal
Court Orders Google to Remove Defamatory Blogs, Unmask Anonymous Writers
The court ruled. Two specific websites/blogs must be removed as they accuse plaintiff of criminal activities without factual basis
Rechtbank Oost-Brabant ·
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Telecom company wins court order removing blogger's unsubstantiated fraud accusations
The court granted the request. Defendant provided no factual substantiation for suggestive and grievous statements about porn industry connections and fraud
Rechtbank Almelo ·
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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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