The ‘Right to be Forgotten’ – Worth remembering?

Forming a Dimension of Digital Human Rights: Research Agenda for the Right to be Forgotten

“…Search results can include not only one's vocational and professional data, but also private and delicate data that the data subject may not want to make them public, and these results can constitute one's online reputation and possibly offline reputation. The right to be forgotten is directly related to online reputation and digital foot prints since both of them deal with personal digital history on the Internet [14]. Online reputation agency was once considered as a luxurious service for public figure and celebrities; however, it becomes common occasion for an ordinary person to use such services because of the difficulties of cleaning up personal information on the Internet.…”

“…Unfortunately, the right can only prevent further processing and usage of data [14]. It requires individuals' awareness change to solve real problems.…”

“…On the other hand, many companies today can have distributed servers and data processing systems located worldwide. As a result, the implementation of the right to be forgotten often faces with the jurisdiction problem [7,14]. For example, when Google Spain implemented delinking according to the original decision of CJEU, only the EU and EFTA domains were modified, in which the CJEU's decision is effective and valid.…”

“…As a feasible solution, engineers suggest extensive use of digital rights management (DRM) [1,14]. DRM is designed for a protection method of files from copyrights infringement.…”

Algorithmic memory and the right to be forgotten on the web

“…The most complex aspect of reputation management is repair (Woodruff, 2014). Ausloos (2012) observes that the right to be forgotten only provides ex post solutions to privacy issues.…”