Google wins 'right-to-be-forgotten' fight with France

Google is not required to apply an EU "right to be forgotten" to its search engine domains outside Europe, the EU's top court has ruled in a landmark decision.

The judgment by the European Court of Justice handed victory to Google in the case, seen as crucial in determining whether EU online regulation should apply beyond Europe's borders or not. The US internet giant had argued that the removal of search results required under EU law should not extend to its google.com domain or its other non-EU sites.

The ECJ court case arose after France's privacy watchdog CNIL in 2016 fined Google €100,000 for refusing to to delist sensitive information from internet search results globally upon request in what is called the "right to be forgotten".

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