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ARTICLE · 04 MAY 2020

The Right To Be Forgotten – Realities Under The Nigerian Data Protection Legislation

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The Internet is reputed to have a memory and it is not quick to forget. Every online action is committed to a digital record and stored online to be accessed at any moment.

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Florence Bola-Balogun
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Opeyemi Adeleke
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The Internet is reputed to have a memory and it is not quick to forget. Every online action is committed to a digital record and stored online to be accessed at any moment.1 In recent times, due to the invasive nature of the Internet, arguments have been made that Data Subjects (persons whose data/information are being used) should be allowed to enjoy their privacy and be entitled to the right to be forgotten. This right has to be considered vis-à-vis public interest and the economic right of the publisher of the information. For example, if there is valuable information on the Prince of Wales that is published online, can the Prince of Wales, as the Data Subject, exercise his right to be forgotten and demand that the news item be deleted?

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