This article analyzes the famous Google Spain case (May 13, 2014) of the Court of Justice of the European Union and its recognition of a form of "the right to be forgotten", allowing individuals to request the delisting of their personal data from search engines if certain conditions are met. In doing so, it puts the right to be forgotten into the context of ongoing discussions on reform of the European Union's data protection Framework and amendments in the European Parliament to the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation.