[Chapter-delegates] Right to be Forgotten
Winthrop Yu
w.yu at gmx.net
Mon Jul 28 19:49:39 PDT 2014
On 7/28/2014 11:52 AM, Chester Soong wrote:
> ... The other significant issue is that this is the first case which
> the ECJ is "reaching out" with its jurisdiction to organizations outside
> of the EU. The judgement made a distinguishing definition between the
> roles Google Inc. and Google Spain SL in the case, where Google Spain as
> a sales agent of Google Inc. So even when Google Inc. doesn't have any
> presence in the EU, while it relies on the revenue generated by Google
> Spain, it established a connection between Google Inc. to the EU presence.
> This has a significant effect for organizations, especially commercial
> entities, who are doing business with EU citizens without any EU presence
> (or think they don't have EU presence) may find themselves subject to the
> EU Data Protection laws.
Interesting to note. Thanks Chester.
WYn
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