Right to be Forgotten

Last week, an individual won his legal action against Google in connection with what is known as the “right to be forgotten” in a UK High Court case. The right to be forgotten (also referred to as the right to erasure) is a precedent set by the Court of Justice of the European Union in […]

For a long time now, the EU has had its eye on creating what’s known as a ‘right to be forgotten’. Some draft legislation proposed the idea in January 2012 and people have been arguing and lobbying about it ever since. The concept has always been a bit vague but in broad terms the plan […]