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Internet privacy: the right to be forgotten

The internet has a long memory. But what if the pictures, data and personal information that it can pull up about you appear unfair, one-sided or just plain wrong? More and more people are claiming they have a "right to be forgotten" and are even trying to delete themselves from the web. The issue appears poised to generate legal, technological and moral wranglings for years to come
  • Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 25, 2013.

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  • Spanish lawyer Mario Costeja

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    Luciano Floridi
  • Have you ever tried to delete yourself from the internet?

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    A European court has backed "the right to be forgotten" in a test case brought by a Spanish man against Google. Have you tried to delete information about yourself from the web?
  • David Drummond, senior vice president and chief legal officer of Google answers your questions on online security and the law

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    Your online freedom is worth fighting for, isn't it?

    Tom Chatfield
  • Facebook logo

    How to delete yourself from the internet - video

  • Hands on computer keyboard

    How easy is it to delete yourself from the web – your experiences

  • Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

    Right to erasure protects people's freedom to forget the past, says expert

  • typing on computer

    How to delete your digital life

  • Computer screen data

    Do below-the-line commenters have the right to remove their own comments?

    Tim Gough
  • Forget me not: campaigners fight for control of online data

  • Caught in the web: case histories of people whose digital past haunts them

  • Britain seeks opt-out of new European social media privacy laws

  • How the Guardian manages online profiles

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