Hey everyone, Really interesting topic.
We've just published a piece from Rufus laying out some of the issues and concerns on the Open Knowledge blog: "The 'right to be forgotten' - a threat to transparency and open data?" http://blog.okfn.org/2014/05/22/the-right-to-be-forgotten-a-threat-to-transparency-and-open-data/ Best, Theodora On 22 May 2014 00:00, Anna Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > the original publication and the search engine are considered separately: >> the public record of a newspaper may not be deleted even if the link to it >> from a search website is removed." >> > > that's the bit I'm struggling with :-) > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Andrew Gray <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 20 May 2014 07:22, Tony Bowden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> If it's been released into the public sphere it should stay there. >> > >> > Many countries already have laws that recognise a value in allowing >> > information to decay — e.g. expunged records or spent convictions >> > under Rehabilitation of Offenders laws. There are certainly >> > interesting technical challenges to achieving things like this in >> > practice, but that doesn't mean that the underlying goal isn't a >> > worthwhile one. >> >> Applying hard and fast "it's public so it's public forever" rules >> sound great until you start looking at the fuzzy edges ;-). >> >> Things like the rehabilitation laws are a very good example of this - >> certainly in the UK, it boils down to "yes, it's still technically >> public, and you can tell people about it, but you can't force them to >> disclose it and you can't make a big fuss about it if you're motivated >> by malice". Lots of nuance there without ever saying "it's secret >> now". >> >> But, of course, it relies on an analogue age when you wouldn't know >> about this without actively going out and looking for it. Privacy >> through inertia and obscurity. Our concepts of privacy have been built >> up around this idea of things that are "public" but only in the >> proverbial dusty filing cabinet, and we're still having to get used to >> the idea that things which were previously obscure are obscure no >> longer, without ever having technically changed the way in which >> they're "public". This is simply the most recent manifestation of it. >> >> On which note... >> >> I've just seen a set of notes on this ruling from the UK Information >> Commissioner's Office, the body responsible for (inter alia) >> overseeing data protection & the security of personal information, and >> will be one of the people to who challenged cases get referred: >> >> >> http://iconewsblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/four-things-weve-learned-from-the-eu-google-judgment/ >> >> A key note to bear in mind: >> >> "There are some who are seeking to draw out much wider implications of >> the judgment for freedom of expression in general. It is important to >> keep the implications in proportion and recognise that there is no >> absolute right to have links removed. Also, the original publication >> and the search engine are considered separately: the public record of >> a newspaper may not be deleted even if the link to it from a search >> website is removed." >> >> -- >> - Andrew Gray >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >> > > > > -- > Kind regards, > Anna Daniel, PhD. > Information Policy > Griffith University > > t.: 0439 061 834 | [email protected] > I ascribe to the email charter: http://emailcharter.org > Disclaimer*:* this information is provided for general guidance only and > does not constitute legal advice. > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > -- *Theodora MiddletonPress Officer | skype: theodora.middletonThe Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/>Empowering through Open Knowledgehttp://okfn.org/ <http://okfn.org/> | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | OKF on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter <http://okfn.org/about/newsletter>*
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