ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2017:2896
ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2017:2896
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Court orders Google to deindex search results linking a businessman to money laundering allegations.
Netherlands (NL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court granted the plaintiff's request to remove search results linking him to money laundering allegations. Although the plaintiff was a business owner, the court found he was not a public figure and the information concerned sensitive, unproven criminal matters. Consequently, Google was ordered to deindex the specific search terms and pay a daily penalty for non-compliance.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArticles 6 and 8 of the ECHR; The court held that search results linking a private individual to unproven criminal allegations constitute an interference with privacy that is not justified when the individual is not a public figure and the information remains available elsewhere.
Keywords
AI generated
right to privacy
search engine deindexing
public figure status
money laundering allegations
GDPR compliance
procedural order
search engine liability
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArticles 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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