"I was desperate," explains Mario Costeja Gonzalez.
The Spaniard, who speaks quickly and with a distinctively hoarse voice, is today known throughout the world as the central figure in one of the most controversial internet privacy cases of all time.
In 2009, he was a virtually unknown company financial adviser. If anyone wants to know more about a person, a good starting point is to google them. This was Costeja Gonzalez's problem.
When googling his name, it was revealed th...
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