Google May Get Win in Case Over Privacy Data on Other Websites
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Google Inc. can’t be forced to remove material from its search engine that was legally posted on other websites, an adviser to the European Union’s top court said in a case that may set boundaries between free speech and data-protection rights.
Google can’t be considered “the controller” of personal data from other websites, Advocate General Niilo Jaeaeskinen of the EU Court of Justice said in a non-binding opinion today.