The Court of Justice for the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a judgment in the case Google v. AEPD which has garnered a significant amount of attention. The two primary reasons for this attention (besides it is a case against Google – which usually is newsworthy) are 1) the seeming expansion of EU law into extra-territorial reach, and 2) the recognition of the “Right to be Forgotten”. Several authors have taken it upon themselves to spill quite a bit of ink on this judgment. And, there is some trepidation that business will be negatively impacted in a new and significant way under this judgment. A careful reading of both the Advocate General’s Opinion as well as the CJEU’s judgment in this matter does show how the EU is progressing in the matter of cross-border privacy protections. However, this judgment may not be as far reaching as some commentators have thought.
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