Article on the Right to be Forgotten regarding the reform to the
Regulation of Law 8968.
Thanks to the progressive universalization of the internet and
the liberalization of its access, the triumph of social media and
free creation of websites, we find ourselves facing a limitless
digital world. Big data usage has become an essential part of our
day to day. Companies haven't been fools about it, they've
known how to take advantage, especially of the generalized
disregard that still reigns in the grand majority of internet
users.
While this grants great benefits to society, it also supposes a
notable risk to individual's privacy. The ease with which
information is accessed is a double-edged knife, because it limits
the capacity to select the data. Both images freely posted online
as well as –in extreme cases- sensible data such as our
banking information can be accessed, as well as our political or
religious opinions which we believe to be private in a blog or
