On 8 December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg delivered its latest landmark judgment on the ‘right to be forgotten’ in case C-460/20 TU, RE vs Google LLC. In many aspects the Grand Chamber follows the opinion of Advocate General Pitruzella from 7 April 2022, and the verdict can be described as an incremental continuation of the established jurisprudence, which started on 13 May 2014 with case C-131/12, Google Spain. From a legal perspective two aspects stand out: on the one hand, the court clarifies the interpretation of European Union (EU) data protection law – Article 17 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in particular. On the other hand, photos and ’thumbnails’ are now included in the scope of the right to ‘de-reference’ search engine results, based on a separate assessment that has to be carried out by the operator … (more)
[Oskar J Gstrein, Verfassungsblog, 20 December 2022]
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