The “Right to Be Forgotten” and National Laws Under the GDPR
By Daphne Keller on April 27, 2017 at 8:59 am
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the spring of 2018, bringing with it a newly codified version of the “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF). Depending how the new law is interpreted, this right could prove broader than the “right to be de-listed” established in 2014’s Google Spain case. It could put even more decisions about the balance between privacy and free expression in the hands of private Internet platforms like Google. Read more about The “Right to Be Forgotten” and National Laws Under the GDPR