Thursday 17 November 2011

'Unenforceable' right to be forgotten should not be included in new EU data laws, ICO says

Revisions to EU data protection laws should not give individuals a general 'right to be forgotten', the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.

Giving individuals the right to force organisations to delete the personal information they store them about would be misleading, unenforceable and have "implications" for free speech, the UK's data protection watchdog said.


Interesting !  also there is text which says that:

The European Commission recently announced that it plans to publish formal proposed changes to the EU Data Protection Directive by the end of January. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said that a qualified 'right to be forgotten' would be included in the proposals.

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