In this edition of the Faculty's series of videos entitled 'Law in Focus', Dr David Erdos, University Lecturer in Law and the Open Society, considers the Court of Justice of the European Union's long awaited "right to be forgotten" case C-131/12 Google Spain; Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja González (2014).
This item also features on the Cambridge University Research Pages.
Dr Erdos has also written an article on the subject entitled 'Mind the gap: is data protection catching up with Google Search?' at OpenDemocracy. The site Cambridge Code is also compiling an ongoing list of academic commentary in relation to this issue.
Dr Erdos is University Lecturer in Law and the Open Society in in the Faculty of Law and a Fellow in Law at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. David's current research explores the nature of Data Protection especially as it intersects with the right to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of research. For more information about Dr Erdos, please refer to his staff profile.
Law in Focus is a series of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty. Law in Focus is available on YouTube, or to subscribe to in iTunes U.
Other collections of video and audio recordings from the Faculty of Law are available at Lectures at Law.
