''Bodil Lindqvist v Åklagarkammaren i Jönköping'' (2003) is a decision by the
Court of Justice of the European Communities
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(European Court of Justice). It held that referring to various persons on an internet page and identifying them either by name or by other means constitutes processing of personal data by automatic means within the meaning of Community law.
It was the first time the Court ruled on the scope of
Directive 95/46/EC ''(Data Protection Directive)'' and freedom of movement for such data on the internet.
It was cited in ''
Costeja'' (2014), a controversial ruling that held an
internet search engine
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operator established in the
European Union
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(EU) is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal information that appears on web pages published by third parties, confirming a right of erasure widely regarded as a so-called ''
right to be forgotten
The right to be forgotten (RTBF) is the right to have private information about a person be removed from Internet searches and other directories in some circumstances. The issue has arisen from desires of individuals to "determine the developmen ...
''.
See also
* ''
Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González (Costeja)''
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