Right to be forgotten from search engines dealt blow at EU court

The ‘right to be forgotten’ looks less likely to go global on Google and other search engines after an adviser at the EU’s top court said it was not justified.

At present, the right to be forgotten allows citizens in EU countries to demand any results about them considered “inadequate, irrelevant or... excessive” to be removed, if the search is carried out in an EU country — even though the web page would still exist, it would be difficult to find on a search engine.