Japan:
Supreme Court Rules On Request For Removal Of Search Results
04 April 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Charles Haag
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On January 31, 2017, the Japanese Supreme Court issued a decision (source document in Japanese)
dismissing an individual's request to remove search results
from an online search engine. In reaching its decision, the Supreme
Court set a balancing test weighing the individual's legal
interest and the potential harm to the individual against the
public interest and needs for such facts to be published. The
Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision to dismiss
the individual's claim because the facts were related to public
interest and because the search results were not widely
disseminated.
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