The highest court of the European Union ruled on Tuesday that Google is not required to remove global links to confidential personal information.
Observers say the case highlights the need to balance data privacy concerns with the public's right to information.
The EU proposed in 2012 that people deserve the "right to be forgotten" on the Internet, but the European Parliament weakened the proposal last year to guarantee Internet users the "right to erase" specific information. The current "right to be forgotten" rule remains in force in the European Union.
The French privacy watchdog institution, CNIL, fined Google with $ 110,000 in 2016 for refusing to remove confidential information from search results worldwide.
The historic decision between the gigantic American technology company and French privacy regulators was considered crucial in determining whether EU regulations should apply beyond the borders of Europe.
Google had argued that the removal of search results required by EU law should not be extended to your google.com domain or to other non-EU sites.
The Court of Justice of the European Union agreed and said Tuesday that "there is no obligation under EU law for a search engine operator" to extend the rule beyond EU nations.
However, the court also said that a search engine operator must impose new measures to deter Internet users from leaving the EU in order to find that information.
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