The US Supreme Court must determine whether search engines and data brokers should be responsible for inaccurate information collected and published online.

The US Supreme Court must determine whether search engines and data brokers should be responsible for inaccurate information collected and published online. The case of Spokeo v. Robins arose when Robins sued a person search engine, Spokeo, for publishing false reports about him and inaccurate information, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA  protects consumers from faulty infomration being shared about them and requires credit reporting agencies to ensure data they sell about consumers is accurate. The Supreme Court will have to decide how to determine whether harm is done to a person’s reputation when a search engine presents inaccurate information about them, and if so how to quanitfy it.