Canada’s Federal Court sidesteps constitutional questions in Google ‘right to be forgotten’ case
Google LLC was handed a setback this month in a case over the so-called “right to be forgotten” when Canada’s Federal Court adjudicator ruled that it won’t delve into the thorny constitutional questions wrapped up in the matter.
Instead, the Federal Court will judge two specific points related to Canada’s privacy law, in a reference case brought forward by federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien.
The right to be forgotten does not currently exist in Canada as it does in Europe, where people can contact search engines and request that links be removed from search results related to a person’s name, if they feel that the information is “inadequate, irrelevant, or no longer relevant.”
