This document summarizes a presentation on the "Right to be Forgotten" and discusses related issues. It begins by introducing the presenter and defines the Right to be Forgotten as having information about oneself deleted or removed from search results if it is inadequate, irrelevant, excessive or not up-to-date. It then discusses example cases that led to the establishment of this right and the European Court of Justice's ruling. The document outlines how Google has implemented removal of search results and talks about debates around whether information online should always remain available or be removable in some cases. It closes by considering philosophical questions around balancing privacy, transparency and the historical record.

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8. The Right to be Forgotten
Speck&Tech 3
“Security & Privacy”

9. Who I am
Francesco Bonadiman
▶ Marketing & Communications
Officer @ EIT Digital Alumni
▶ Trento Node Local Representative
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10. Who I am
Francesco Bonadiman
▶ Marketing & Communications
Officer @ EIT Digital Alumni
▶ Trento Node Local Representative
▶ Co-founder @ Speck&Tech
▶ francescobonadiman.com
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11. Have you ever
googled yourself?
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13. Example Cases
Stacy Snyder
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14. Example Cases
Stacy Snyder Virginia Da Cunha
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15. Mario Costeja González
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16. Mario’s argument
‘Default = forgetting’
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17. Mario’s argument
‘Default = forgetting’
‘Default = remembering’
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18. There should be
a way to...
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19. What did the Court say?
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20. 10

21. ...and here comes the
“Right to be forgotten”
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22. “The right to silence
past events in life
that are no longer
occurring”
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23. Definition
Have
● information
● personal data
● photos/videos
● ...
deleted / removed
(de-indexed)
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24. Definition
Have
● information
● personal data
● photos/videos
● ...
deleted / removed
(de-indexed)
if these are
● inadequate
● irrelevant
● excessive
● not up-to-date
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25. Definition
Have
● information
● personal data
● photos/videos
● ...
deleted / removed
(de-indexed)
if these are
● inadequate
● irrelevant
● excessive
● not up-to-date
(based on the purpose for
which they were collected)
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26. ...but let’s get back to our story!
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27. May 2014
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28. May 2014
“suppress search-
results for privacy-
related reasons”
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29. vs
right to be
forgotten
de-indexed
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30. vs
right to be
forgotten
de-indexed
person’s name
≠ keyword
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31. vs
“relevant” for
our past life?
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32. vs
“relevant” for
our past life?
“inadequate” or
of no public
interest
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33. vs
“relevant” for
our past life?
no control
→ robot!
“inadequate” or
of no public
interest
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34. vs
legal
responsibility
for results?
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35. vs
legal
responsibility
for results?
economic
interests =
secondary
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36. vs
Are these moral
dues my business?
legal
responsibility
for results?
economic
interests =
secondary
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37. vs
Are these moral
dues my business?
legal
responsibility
for results?
economic
interests =
secondary
...of a
private
firm?
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38. And what did the Court say?
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40. November 2014
Ruling applied only to
European national
domains
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41. November 2014
Ruling applied only to
European national
domains
→ detour via .com
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42. November 2014
Ruling applied only to
European national
domains
→ detour via .com
→ ‘Balkanization’
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43. February 2016
Search results removals →
applied to all domains
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44. February 2016
Search results removals →
applied to all domains
BUT using geolocation signals
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45. February 2016
Search results removals →
applied to all domains
BUT using geolocation signals
if IP address of the browser is
located in the European Union
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47. ● CNIL rejected
this approach
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48. ● CNIL rejected
this approach
● French Data
Protection
authority fined
Google 100K€
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49. ● CNIL rejected
this approach
● French Data
Protection
authority fined
Google 100K€
“a person's right to
privacy cannot
depend on the
geographic origin
of those viewing
the search results"
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50. Google said this new law could “prevent citizens from seeing
content that is perfectly legal in that certain country”
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51. “Philosophical”
Discussion
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52. Once online,
data should
stay online
US / Free Speech / Media
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53. Once online,
data should
stay online
US / Free Speech / Media
Remove
information
“just because”
Europe / CNIL
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54. KEEP
● subtle censorship
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55. KEEP
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
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56. KEEP
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
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57. KEEP
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
● memory = culture
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58. KEEP REMOVE
● regret once we post?● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
● memory = culture
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59. KEEP REMOVE
● regret once we post?
● teenagers’ judgement
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
● memory = culture
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60. KEEP REMOVE
● regret once we post?
● teenagers’ judgement
● revenge-porn
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
● memory = culture
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61. KEEP REMOVE
● regret once we post?
● teenagers’ judgement
● revenge-porn
● re-post / re-tweet?
● subtle censorship
● information incomplete
● “rewrite the history”
● memory = culture
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62. Past political comments?
(Private into) Public life
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63. Past political comments?
Transparency?
High School poems?
(Private into) Public life
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64. Past political comments?
Transparency?
High School poems?
Later retreat into anonymity?
(Private into) Public life
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65. Criminal records
How relevant after time?
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66. Criminal records
How relevant after time?
World War II
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67. Criminal records
How relevant after time?
World War II
Pedophiles?
Serial Killers?
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68. Once online,
data should
stay online
US / Free Speech / Media
Remove
information
“just because”
Europe / CNIL
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69. The Online Form
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70. June 2016
google.com/transparencyreport/removals/europeprivacy/
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71. Some examples...
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72. Some examples...
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73. But most delinkings...
Google accidentally revealed data on delinkings
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74. But most delinkings...
Google accidentally revealed data on delinkings
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75. And the most delinked...
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76. And the most delinked...
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77. And the most delinked...
support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch
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78. And the most delinked...
support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch
Yahoo and Bing put up their own forms
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79. “Without forgetting
it is quite impossible
to live at all”
F. Nietzsche
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80. Thanks for
listening!

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82. References
1. Bygrave L., A right to be forgotten?, Communications of the ACM, 2015
2. Ausloos J., The ‘Right to be Forgotten’ - Worth Remembering?, Forthcoming Computer Law & Security
Review, 2012
3. de Terwangne. C, Internet Privacy and the Right to Be Forgotten/Right to Oblivion, Revista de los
Estudios de Derecho y Ciencia Política de la UOC, 2012
4. Wagner M., Li-Reilly Y., The right to be forgotten, The Advocate, 2014
5. Weber R., The Right to Be Forgotten: More Than a Pandora’s Box?, JIPITEC, 2011
6. Bennett S., The "Right to Be Forgotten": Reconciling EU and US Perspectives, Berkeley Journal of
International Law, 2012
7. Rosen J., The Right to Be Forgotten, Stanford Law Review, 2012
8. wsj.com/articles/eu-says-google-should-extend-right-to-be-forgotten-to-com-websites-1417006254 -
The Wall Street Journal
9. wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten - Wikipedia
10. www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/18/the-right-be-forgotten-google-search - The Guardian
11. www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/europeprivacy/ - Google

83. Figures (page numbers)
A. http://www.relatably.com/m/img/welcome-memes/63341322.jpg
5. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/12/court-rejects-appeal-over-student-teacher-drunk-myspace-pics/
5. http://www.informaticalegal.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Virginia-Da-Cunha-Google.jpg
6. http://www.lejdd.fr/Medias/Internet/Mario-Costeja-Gonzalez-l-homme-qui-a-fait-plier-Google-674891
7. http://nytimes.com/2015/08/06/technology/personaltech/right-to-be-forgotten-online-is-poised-to-spread.html
8. http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/shutterstock_RTBF_195176492.jpg
10. http://cdn.meme.am/instances/53943477.jpg
12. http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/h0IT6HhgTKdcYzrKyx8vSD3TunQ=/2014%2F05%2F13%2F95%2FForgottenQu.94cc5.jpg
13. http://webhostrequests.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc.gif.pagespeed.ce_.wSCNv13D7N.gif
14. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/1/full/1370701576_7.jpg
15. http://www.dw.com/image/0,,16221871_303,00.jpg
16. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1NtpxKeJf-o/VeXYLMr3NEI/AAAAAAAAkxo/KtOSQV0hFDQ/s1600/G-symbol.png
16. http://www.bvoed.de/assets/images/Icons_neu/eu-flag.jpg
20. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3qbtrb
21. http://www.youreuropemap.com/map_tld_europe.gif
22. http://thefreeinternetproject.org/blog/which-countries-have-right-be-forgotten
23. http://i.imgflip.com/16urft.jpg
24. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/18/the-right-be-forgotten-google-search
25. http://media.guim.co.uk/8da49288dcfd71fb668a7cbd634ece4da689804a/0_0_3831_2301/master/3831.jpg
29. http://jerrymabbott.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/wpid-2014-05-23-15-47-411.png
30. http://lacriticacritica.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/500px-adolf_hitler.png
36. http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-give-away-45-billion/media/images/infographics/face/zuckerberg-profile-1x.png
37. http://jrbenjamin.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/nietz.jpg

84. Further Discussion
Might forgetting be a good thing?
And if yes, after how long?
What about expiration dates?
Who deletes the information?