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Google to comply with Japan court order to remove search results
[October 22, 2014]

Google to comply with Japan court order to remove search results


(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Google Inc. has decided to comply with a Japanese court order to remove some online search results found to infringe on a man's privacy rights, company officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. Internet giant has already deleted most of the online search results subject to the Tokyo District Court's order, according to a lawyer for the man who filed a lawsuit against the company.

The man has demanded 237 search results be removed, saying when his name is entered in the search engine, many articles appear hinting that he may have been involved in a crime in the past.

On Oct. 9, the district court ordered the removal of 122 search results.



The plaintiff plans to withdraw a petition to fine Google if the removal of all the online information subject to the court order is confirmed, the lawyer, Tomohiro Kanda, said.

The plaintiff was glad to hear Google's decision and does not plan to stop seeking the removal of the other 115 search results not included in the court order, the lawyer added.


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