[ NNSquad ] UK and EU arguing about "right to be forgotten"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

UK and EU arguing about "right to be forgotten"

"Britain seeks opt-out of new European social media privacy laws"

http://j.mp/YWANq8  (Guardian)

   "The right to be forgotten, article 17 of the Data Protection
    Regulation, has been developed by the EU justice commissioner's office
    primarily in response to complaints about the way social media, such
    as Facebook, retain and handle information. Although the terms of the
    regulation have not yet been finalised, its current form provides for
    punitive fines - up to 2% of global turnover - for companies that
    refuse to comply with requests to erase customers' personal details."

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The EU so-called "right to be forgotten" is a 100% nightmarish disaster
from the word go.  An Orwellian catastrophe in the making.
Reference: "The 'Right to Be Forgotten': A Threat We Dare Not Forget":
http://j.mp/AatI0J  (Lauren's Blog)

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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