The Right To Be Forgotten

In an age where information dissemination tends to be permanent in one's life, the right to be forgotten is seen as one of the most significant concepts in law that enables a person to exercise proper control over his reality online. Thus, this right was born out of the traditional environment of privacy laws and sparked international debate on its perimeters and implications and clashes with other rights of equal importance, such as freedom of expression.

What Is The Right To Be Forgotten? 

The Right to Be Forgotten also referred to as Right to Erasure means that an individual can make a claim for a specific deletion of personal data on online platforms and search engine results within specific conditions. Controversy so far attached to the notion reached the international arena by the landmark 2014 ruling of the European Court of Justice in the “Google Spain SL v. Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD).” The court ruled that search engines “must” comply