Google Braces for Global ‘Right-to-Be-Forgotten’ Ruling (2)

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 Sep. 24 on the U.S. 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.

The Alphabet Inc. unit is challenging the French authority’s order to remove, on demand, links on all of its platforms across the world if they lead to websites that contain out ...