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Category Archives: Right to be forgotten
The right to be forgotten…..
I wrote a piece for the Open Rights Group’s online zine, ORGzine, about the right to be forgotten…. a kind of ‘right to be forgotten for dummies’… You can find it here: http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/features/2012/the-right-to-be-forgotten
What Muad’Dib can teach us about personal data…
With all the current debate about the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’, I thought I’d post one of my earlier, somewhat less than serious takes on the matter. A geeky take. A science fiction take… I’ve written about it before … Continue reading
Posted in Dune, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Facebook, Photos and the Right to be Forgotten
Another day, another story about the right to be forgotten. This time it’s another revelation about how hard it is to delete stuff from Facebook. In this case it’s photos – with Ars Technica giving an update on their original … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, google, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Crazy Europeans!?!
As anyone who pays attention to the world of data – and data privacy in particular – cannot help but be aware, those crazy Europeans are pushing some more of their mad data protection laws (a good summary of which … Continue reading
Posted in data protection, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Players and Pawns in the Game of Privacy
Privacy is pretty constantly in the news at the moment. People like me can hardly take their eye off the news for a moment. This morning I was trying to do three things at once: follow David Allen Green’s evidence … Continue reading
Posted in data protection, Internet, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Whose data? Our data!!!
There’s a slogan echoing around the streets of major cities around the globe at the moment: ‘Whose streets – our streets!’ It’s the mantra of the ‘occupy’ movement, expressing the frustration and injustice – particularly economic injustice – and the … Continue reading
Posted in ICO, Occupy, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Out of the mouths of Europeans?
We in Britain can often be highly suspicious of things that come out of Europe – and particularly so when it comes to laws. There’s a level of distrust, a degree of distain and sometimes a sense that these ‘continentals’ … Continue reading
Posted in Cookies Directive, Europe, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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Let’s forget the right to be forgotten…
….and talk about the important part of that right in less emotive, less distracting, and more accurate terms. I’m not interested in rewriting or erasing history, I’m not interested in hiding my past – selectively or completely. I am, however, … Continue reading
Posted in BILETA, Privacy, Right to be forgotten
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