Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 24 September 2019

Google LLC, successor in law to Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Personal data — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of such data — Directive 95/46/EC — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Internet search engines — Processing of data on web pages — Territorial scope of the right to de-referencing

Case C-507/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/11/2019 Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:772
24/09/2019 Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:772
24/09/2019 Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)
Application (OJ)
29/09/2017 Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:15
10/01/2019 Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.08 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 21/08/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 10/01/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

24/09/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 399 from 25.11.2019, p.3

Application: OJ C 347 from 16.10.2017, p.22

Name of the parties

Google (Territorial scope of de-referencing)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Silviu-Dorin, şchiopu: Premisele litigiului principal - Google Inc. vs. CNIL, Dreptul 2019 nº 5 p.37-44 (RO)
  2. Petiot, Laura: Mécanismes d'optimisation fiscale agressifs, Revue de l'Union européenne 2019 n° 633 p.621-625 (FR)
  3. Dommering, E.J.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2019 nº 48/49 p.7197-7200 (NL)
  4. Bonneville, Philippe ; Gänser, Christian ; Markarian, Sophie: Protection des données personnelles et de la vie privée - Obligations des exploitants de moteurs de recherche - Droit au déréférencement, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2019 N°39 p.2297-2298 (FR)
  5. Martial-Braz, Nathalie: Le droit au déréférencement : vraie reconnaissance et faux-semblants !, Dalloz IP / IT 2019 nº 11 p.631-638 (FR)
  6. Şchiopu, Silviu-Dorin: Spre o reconfigurare a dreptului la uitare digitală ulterior hotărârilor Curţii de Justiţie a Uniuni Europene în cauzele GC şi alţii (C-136/17) şi Google (C-507/17)?, Revista românã de drept european 2019 nº 4 p.82-94 (RO)
  7. Valcke, Peggy ; Fierens, Michiels: Forget me (in Europe), forget me'not (outside Europe), Rechtskundig weekblad 2020 p.762 (NL)
  8. Kohli, Vishv Priya: Square Pegs in Triangular Spaces: Right to be Forgotten, European Intellectual Property Review 2020 p.74-77 (EN)
  9. Slot, P.J.: Het recht op vergetelheid binnen en buiten de EU, Ars aequi 2020 p.400-405 (NL)
  10. Zwenne, Gerrit-Jan ; Groeneveld, Lars: Google/CNIL : noot, Mediaforum: Tijdschrift voor Media- en Communicatierecht 2020 p.102-104 (NL)
  11. Meeusen, Johan: Het arrest Google/CNIL: het ‘recht op vergetelheid’ in Europees en globaal perspectief 24 september 2019, zaak C-507/17, Google LLC, rechtsopvolger van Google Inc./Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2020 p. 98-101 (NL)
  12. Wolters, Pieter Theo Jozef: De territoriale werking van het recht op vergetelheid na Google/CNIL, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2020 p. 57-66 (NL)
  13. Peyrou, Sylvie: Société de l’information, vie privée et protection des données à caractère personnel: des précisions attendues, Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2020 nº 1 p. 210-219 (FR)
  14. Muir Watt, Horatia: La portée territoriale du droit au déréférencement : un exercice de proportionnalité dans l'espace : CJUE, gr. ch., 24 sept. 2019, aff. C-507/17, Revue critique de droit international privé 2020 nº 2 p. 334-348 (FR)
  15. Gstrein, Oskar J.: Right to be forgotten: European data imperialism, national privilege, or universal human right?, Review of European administrative law 2020 p.125-152 (EN)
  16. Hardy, Gaëlle: La construction d'un droit européen au déréférencement, Revue des affaires européennes 2020 n°2 p. 407-429 (FR)
  17. Miadzvetskaya, Yuliya ; Van Calster, Geert: Google at the Kirchberg Dock. On Delisting Requests, and on the Territorial Reach of the EU’s GDPR, European Data Protection Law Review 2020, nº 1, p. 143-151 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Conseil d'État - France

Subject-matter

  • Data protection
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French