The Peruvian Data Protection Authority has decided the first case in which applies the “Right To Be Forgotten.» Last March, this administrative office fined Google with USD 75,000 for refusing to remove negative search results linked to the name of a Peruvian citizen and impeding him exercising his right of cancellation of personal data. This decision from an administrative office, not a court, could have a deep impact on freedom of speech and innovation in Peru and everywhere.
The case
Since 2011, Peru has a Personal Data Protection Law which grants Peruvian citizens the rights to ‘access’, ‘rectification’, ‘cancellation’ and ‘opposition’ to the use of their personal data by third parties which records, stores, disseminates it. Whenever a citizen wants to exercise one of those rights, they must do so against the companies treating their personal data. Afterwards, if they don’t receive a satisfactory response, they can appeal to the Peruvian Data Protection Authority seeking a remedy.

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