Abstract

In NT1 and NT2 v Google and The Information Commissioner the High Court of England and Wales considered the applicability of the right to be forgotten to cases involving “spent” criminal convictions under the Data Protection Directive and in light of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Google Spain v AEPD. The decision represents an important development in the evolving body precedent concerning the right to be forgotten in European law while also offering an insight into a potential shift in attitude among common law courts towards the applicability of art.8 rights in the context of criminal convictions.