Ruling on Google auto search feature

Ruling on Google auto search feature

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for the plaintiff hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2013, after the Tokyo District Court ordered U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. to delete terms from its autocomplete search function in connection with a Japanese man who says the feature violated his privacy.

Ruling on Google auto search feature

Ruling on Google auto search feature

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Google Inc.'s autocomplete search function to predict words and auxiliary information in the process of entering characters. The Tokyo District Court on April 15, 2013, ordered the U.S. Internet giant to delete terms from the function in connection with a Japanese man who says the feature violated his privacy.

Google ordered to suspend autocomplete search function

Google ordered to suspend autocomplete search function

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hiroyuki Tomita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2012, about a petition filed by his client and approved by the Tokyo District Court demanding Internet giant Google Inc. suspend its autocomplete search function, which the client says violated his privacy. The court's March 19 decision is believed to be the first in a case where a court has ordered the suspension of the function that suggests words before a user completes typing a word or a phrase, Tomita said.

Google ordered to suspend autocomplete search function

Google ordered to suspend autocomplete search function

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hiroyuki Tomita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2012, about a petition filed by his client and approved by the Tokyo District Court demanding Internet giant Google Inc. suspend its autocomplete search function, which the client says violated his privacy. The court's March 19 decision is believed to be the first in a case where a court has ordered the suspension of the function that suggests words before a user completes typing a word or a phrase, Tomita said. (Kyodo)