Brunella,
This is pretty much what Prof. Dutton said!
So we are not alone in our thoughts...
Simon.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Transcripts from OxPILS "The "Right to be Forgotten" and Beyond: DP and Freedom of Expression in the Age of Web 2.0" now available
Can I just add I did not attend these presentations and I do not want to comment on the event - I am sure its quality was superb as many other initiatives organised at Oxford Faculty of Law and other offices at Oxford University that work closely with Bruxelles.
I want to say instead that the idea of a 'right to be forgotten' introduced in the new european data protection regulation is one of the biggest 'non sense' concepts I have ever heard in terms of information and data management requirements, an unrealistic pretty much emotional popular and uneducated way to approach a serious problem.
Somebody should explain how does it fit, for instance, with third parties rights to reuse personal data.
As somebody else said elsewhere, it seems the European lobby and think thank that adopted this oxford-endorsed creative notion of the 'right to be forgotten' enjoyed playing a game on the subject.
I am pretty sure the right to be forgotten will be forgotten as pure non sense, unrealistic and unresponsible way to push a sort of aunt sally game into data protection legislation, to make its principles failing easier.
It may take some time, but in the - surely engineered - way to manage personal data we are heading towards, I do not see such a notion prevailing. Instead, it may be the case there is a right to remember and be remembered right - that includes deleting what is not proportionate, appropriate, useful or true.
Brunella Longo
Information Management Adviser
http://www.brunellalongo.co.uk
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