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The Right To Be Forgotten
“The right to be forgotten” (RTBF), also known as the right to erasure, gives individuals the right to ask organisations to delete their personal data. It appears in Recitals 65 and 66 and in Article 17 of the GDPR.
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Myth 5: “The Judgement Will Change The Way The Internet Works”
- As content is not deleted, the internet does not have a diminished importance as a source of information. Takedown mechanism already existed before.
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Myth 2: “The Judgement Entails The Deletion Of Content”
- The judgement only concerns search engine results involving a person’s name.
- The content remains unaffected by the request lodged with the search engine, in its original location on the internet.
- The content can still...
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Myth 3: “The Judgement Contradicts Freedom Of Expression”
- The RTBF, which is a part of the right to personal data protection, is not absolute. It is balanced against other fundamental rights.
- That’s why the judgement limits the RTBF and recognises that there may be a public interest in all links to...
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Myth 1: “The Judgement Does Nothing For Citizens”
- The right to be forgotten is about making sure that the people themselves – not algorithms – decide what information is available about them when their name is entered in a search engine.
- In practice this means that a search engine will have to, subject to certain c...
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Myth 4: “The Judgement Allows For Censorship”
- RTBF does not allow governments to decide what can and cannot be online or what should or should not be read.
- It is a right that citizens will invoke to defend their interests as they see fit. Independent authorities (national data ...
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- The right to change your mind.
- The right to care less about optics and more about how your body feels.
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Anecdotal evidence
Personal experience and notable events may be appealing but often tend to be unrepresentative.
In reality, the more unique the observation, the less likely it is to generalise. When dealing with complex decisions, many organisations now favour data-based algorithms over ex...
The right time to ask
- How is the financial health of the company? If the company is not doing well, this is not the time to ask for a raise.
- How is your manager’s workload? If your manager is under a lot of stress or focused on too many things right now, it may not be the time to ask for a ...
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