Google braces for landmark global privacy ruling

Google’s importance as the leading search engine in Europe has led to an EU declaration that it dominates the European market. — AP

Google is bracing for another landmark privacy decision at the European Union’s top court, five years after a "right-to-be-forgotten” ruling forced it to delete links to personal information on request.

The EU Court of Justice will rule Tuesday on the US giant’s follow-up fight with a French data-protection regulator over whether the right should apply globally and where to draw the line between privacy and freedom of speech.