Google Spain: CJEU confirms strong dataprotection rights

Dirk Voorhoof, Judgment CJEU in case Google v. Spain - CJEU confirms strong dataprotection rights, 13 mei 2014.
See esp. the reasoning of the CJEU [IEFbe 818] regarding the right of the data subject to have his or her data erased from a search engine containing links to webpages. According to the CJEU this right overrides, as a rule, not only the economic interest of the operator of the search engine but also the interest of the general public in finding that information upon a search relating to the data subject’s name. Only in "particular reasons, such as the role played by the data subject in public life", the interference with his fundamental rights is justified by the "preponderant interest of the general public" in having access to the information in question. Here is the relevant reasoning of the CJEU:
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