Right To Be Forgotten
Problematizing the “Right to be Forgotten”: A Study of “Memory” and “History”
Memory is not only preserved in writing but also conserved digitally and history as a discipline is a document of collective memory. Contrary to such a practice, there is a strong move towards the implementation of the “Right to be forgotten” as basic human right. The “Right to be forgotten” can be explained as a claim of an individual to ensure that certain data (internet record) is deleted so that it is untraceable by others. The implementation of such a right will certainly have its own set of advantages and disadvantages. The “Right to be forgotten” can be a complicated claim if it penetrates all forms of record keeping. This particular right (in the case of
Memory is not only preserved in writing but also conserved digitally and history as a discipline is a document of collective memory. Contrary to such a practice, there is a strong move towards the implementation of the “Right to be forgotten” as basic human right. The “Right to be forgotten” can be explained as a claim of an individual to ensure that certain data (internet record) is deleted so that it is untraceable by others. The implementation of such a right will certainly have its own set of advantages and disadvantages. The “Right to be forgotten” can be a complicated claim if it penetrates all forms of record keeping. This particular right (in the case of