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How a Spanish man took on Google over privacy concerns and won

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European Union citizens have a new fundamental right: the right to be forgotten. In this report, we look at what this means for us.

Mario Costeja Gonzalez helped bring about the new EU rules after a lengthy legal battle with search engine Google.

Mario was annoyed because every time he googled his name, the search results brought up an old story about the forced sale of his property. He asked Google to de-link the archives from his name.

His fight with the internet giant took six years. In 20…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/27/how-a-spanish-man-took-on-google-over-privacy-concerns-and-won

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