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> The right to be forgotten is meant to apply to information that is no longer relevant but disproportionately impacts a person Who the hell makes that call? T
by sigzero 9y ago
> The right to be forgotten is meant to apply to information that is no longer relevant but disproportionately impacts a person
Who the hell makes that call? That in and of itself should tell you this is a bad law.
- IAmEveryone 9y agoFirst, Google. Then, if one side is unhappy, a judge. Example: this article. What exactly is wrong with judges making decisions? Seems to kinda be their job.
- elmo45 9y agoThis means that any time someone is unhappy with the decision, Google (or an other company) has to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Maybe Google can keep doing that for a few months but a normal startup would just grant every single request rather than having to fight it in European courts. The decision should be made by some independent privacy committee which reviews all the facts, and right to be forgotten requests should go through that committee rather than directly to Google