大数据时代的个人信息“被遗忘权”——评冈萨雷斯诉谷歌案

The Right to Be Forgotten in the Big Data Age:Comments on the Case of Google Spain SL v.Agencia Espaola de Protección de Datos and Mario Costeja González

欧洲法院在近期的一项裁决中确认了网络信息领域的"被遗忘权",引发各国对于隐私权和表达自由之间的价值取舍、搜索引擎公司的地位和责任以及"被遗忘权"是否构成新型贸易壁垒等一系列问题的关注和思考。欧洲法院在该裁决中确认了搜索引擎的活动属于《欧盟数据保护指令》调整范围中的数据处理,设立于境外的谷歌公司及其在西班牙境内设立的分支机构应当受到《欧盟数据保护指令》的约束,同时明确了数据主体享有"被遗忘权"。该案启示中国在扶持大数据开发和运用时,应当充分考虑个人数据保护、完善个人信息立法,从保护个人隐私的角度进行互联网监管。

Now,A decision from the European Court of Justice that justified'the right to be forgotten'in the internet area had drawn worldwide attention to the relationship between the right to privacy and freedom of expression,the position and responsibility of search engine operators and the possibility of the right to be a new trade barrier.The court held that the activity of a search engine can be classified as'processing of personal data',the European Union Data Protection Directive can be applied to Google Spain and Google Inc,and the data subject has the right to be forgotten.For China,the case can remind China to take personal data protection into account while supporting the research and use of big data,to improve personal information law and to regulate the internet from the perspective of personal data protection.