The EU, the US and Right to be Forgotten

Paul Bernal

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7540-4

The EU, the US and Right to be Forgotten

Paul Bernal

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Abstract

The so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ has been a subject of much debate on both sides of the Atlantic since Commissioner Viviane Reding announced her intention to introduce it in 2010. What is seen by those proposing it on the European side to be a simple and logical extension of existing data protection principles is presented in the US as ‘the biggest threat to free speech on the internet in the current decade’. Both sides see themselves as protecting the rights of the ordinary people—the EU in the face of the potentially overwhelming power of the corporate internet behemoths, the US in the face of the excessive and controlling zeal of the European regulators.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reloading Data Protection
Subtitle of host publication	Multidisciplinary Insights and Contemporary Challenges
Editors	Serge Gutwirth, Ronald Leenes, Paul De Hert
Publisher	Springer
Pages	61-77
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-007-7540-4
ISBN (Print)	978-94-007-7539-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7540-4
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Internet
Privacy
Right to be forgotten

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10.1007/978-94-007-7540-4

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