Google Removes Search Results in Wake of EU Privacy Case

Google Inc. has started removing some search results in the European Union after an EU court told it last month to respond to requests by people seeking the “right to be forgotten.”

The world’s largest search provider has taken down a link to a Spanish newspaper notice that was the target of a court case by Mario Costeja Gonzalez -- a calligrapher who sought to remove a link to information about his past. Below a search on his name, Google now shows a statement saying that “some results may have been removed under data-protection law in Europe.” The link to a page of La Vanguardia was available earlier this week.