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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by cj on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:47AM (#21069784)
I think the key point is that there is a requirement that the facts being deleted have no significant public interest [0]. So, for example, Boris Johnson can't have his name removed from search results because there's a public interest in preserving the historical record (can't delete facts with significant relevance to the public), but you can have revenge porn deleted (the public really could care less, and doesn't at all benefit from, what you look like naked).

[0] http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&doc...

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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by Hitton on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:05AM (#21069908)
I think that it's in public interest to know that someone has inclination to stab people.
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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by simion314 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:18AM (#21069992)
Do you have such an inclination? maybe you do and you don't even know it yet, it is said that we can do a lot of things if circumstances are right. Say someone attacked you , now 20 years later you can't get a job because some misunderstanding that happen 20 years ago, maybe you don't even know that Gogle shows that fact about you because when you search your name you see something else.
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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by new_here on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:01AM (#21069884)
Maybe, but public interest is subjective. The line should probably be drawn at legal offenses. If you commit a sexual offense (e.g. sex in public) that warrants a police record, it should remain. However, if your privacy is violated by someone else when you were not committing an offense then you should have the right for that to be forgotten.
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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by malms on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:11AM (#21069944)
Theres also the general problem of the truthness of what people write about you online .. anyone can write anything so it shoulg be at least defendable to be kept
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Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h... by new_here on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:10AM (#21070391)
Agreed, if something can’t be defended with reference to a legal offence or proceeding then it should have the right to be forgotten / removed.
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