Google LLC – Complaint Upheld (Spain, 2019)

Complaint Upheld
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos23 October 2019Spain
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Complaint Upheld

General GDPR enforcement action

This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.

Spain's data protection authority ordered Google to delete personal data after it ignored a request. This decision highlights the importance of respecting people's rights to control their own information online.

What happened

Google did not respond to a request to delete personal data.

Who was affected

Individuals who requested their personal information to be removed from Google's search results.

What the authority found

The authority ruled that Google must comply with deletion requests under data protection rules.

Why this matters

This case emphasizes that companies must take deletion requests seriously. It sets a precedent for how similar requests should be handled in the future.

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The AEPD issued a decision related to the right to be forgotten under Directive 95/46/EC. Google LLC (Google Spain, S.L) did not respond to a deletion request. The AEPD ordered Google LLC to comply with a request to delete personal data. It mainly based its decision on the CJEU judgement in [http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=FED0C1AB414A7F9BE25BED3E7A8800C4?text=&docid=152065&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=5597456 C-131/12] and request the delisting of links containing personal data (a name) without the authorisation of the publishers.

Outcome

Complaint Upheld

A data subject complaint that was upheld by the DPA.

Details

Decision Date

23 October 2019

Authority

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos

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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Google LLC - Spain (2019). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu

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