In the case of Google LLC (as successor in law to Google Inc) vs
Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
("CNIL") decided by the Court of Justice of the European
Union (the "CJEU" or the "Court") on the 24
September 2019, the Court delivered a landmark preliminary ruling
with respect to the applicability of the 'right to be
forgotten' within the European Union.
The request for a preliminary ruling revolved around the proper
interpretation of Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on
the free movement of such data (the "Directive"),
specifically article 12(b) of the Directive and subparagraph (a) of
the first paragraph of Article 14 of the Directive. The former
provides that each Member State shall ensure that every data
subject has the right to obtain from a controller of information,
the rectification, erasure or blocking of data due to the
incomplete or inaccurate nature of the data
