Google told to delete people from search results

The Spanish government has ordered Google to delete information about 90 individuals from its search engine indexes, according to media reports.

Spain said it believes that the individuals have a right to be forgotten, but Google has said that requiring search engines to ignore some information would negatively impinge on free speech, according to the New York Times. A court will determine whether the individuals' details should be deleted.

To me Google's argument seems pretty stupid, aren't they impinging someone else's right to privacy when they include information in search without any authorization from the person in question?

hmm; IMO, anything posted to the web is public domain and as such there is no expectation of privacy.
If JoeUser wants privacy, then read and to not post - - very simple and leaves the control in the hands of JoeUser

I suppose Facebook is private too - - :haha: :dead: