Google Faces England’s First ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Trial
- High Court hearing over old convictions will start in February
- Tech giant says it’ll defend the public’s right to information
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Google Inc. is set for its first battle in a London court over the so-called “right to be forgotten” in two cases that will test the boundaries between personal privacy and public interest.
Two anonymous people, who describe themselves in court filings as businessmen, want the search engine to take down links to information about their old convictions.