First 'right to be forgotten' case against internet search engines heard in the High Court

The Data Protection Commissioner and Google have urged the High Court to overturn a finding in favour of a man in the first “right to be forgotten” case here concerning internet postings.

If the Circuit Court ruling in favour of Mark Savage is upheld, it will impose an “intolerable and unworkable” burden on Google and other search engines, Cian Ferriter SC, for Google Inc and Google Ireland, argued.