LONDON — Google is going to Europe’s top court in its legal fight against an order requiring it to extend “right to be forgotten” rules to its search engines globally. The technology giant is set for a showdown at the European Union Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday with France’s data privacy regulator over an order to remove search results worldwide upon request. That decision forced Google to delete links to outdated or embarrassing personal information that popped up in searches of their names. Authorities are now starting to worry about the risk that internet users can easily turn to proxy servers and virtual private networks to spoof their location, allowing them to dig up the blocked search results. Google had rejected their request, which was ultimately referred to the ECJ.

Source: National Post September 10, 2018 15:45 UTC