Word of the Day: right to be forgotten

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | February 14, 2019 right to be forgotten The right to be forgotten is the concept that individuals have the civil right to request that personal information is removed from the Internet. In May 2014, a man from Spain asked Google to remove links to an old newspaper article about his previous bankruptcy, claiming there was no legitimate reason for the outdated information to remain accessible online. The European Court of Justice ruled that under European law, search engines are data controllers so they must consider all requests to stop returning irrelevant or outdated information in search queries. According to the ruling, the Web pages that the query results in question point to can remain online and any link omissions on query returns will only occur when searches are made in Europe. In the wake of the ruling, Google began receiving thousands of more requests to take down links. While the right to be forgotten aims to support personal privacy, the concern is that it conflicts with the open nature of the Web and the free flow of information. The interests of one individual in removing information from the Web may conflict with the interests of another individual or group. While Google is not required to honor every request for information to be taken down, it seems clear that the popularity of the concept will inspire organizations to have a process in place for reviewing and following through on take-down requests. Currently, the General Data Protection Regulation ruling applies only in the European Union, but according to some research, Americans might be interested in a similar right in the U.S. in spite of concern from the opposition that removal of legally published and truthful information from the open Web infringes on First Amendment rights and smacks of censorship. Quote of the Day "One of the challenges data managers face in addressing the GDPR right to be forgotten is the generation of shadow data that contains PII outside of normal business processes." - George Lawton Trending Terms privacy impact assessment personally identifiable information consumer privacy data protection officer GDPR take-down request Learning Center Data protection systems must address GDPR, ransomware concerns Data protection systems must change to meet the scanning and analyzing requirements necessary to protect organizations from ransomware and meet the EU's GDPR right-to-be-forgotten requests. Read on and find out how. How to manage data and the GDPR right to be forgotten The General Data Protection Regulation requires organizations to delete customer data if asked -- but addressing the GDPR right to be forgotten can be challenging. Experts break down how to do so in four steps. How hard will the GDPR right to be forgotten be to get right? The GDPR right to be forgotten goes into effect on May 25, 2018, but are enterprises ready to respond correctly? Expert Marc French explains. GDPR backup and data protection: Five steps to implement now Organizations need to make sure they are compliant with GDPR backup and data protection requirements. This checklist of five items will get you on the right track. GDPR right to be forgotten and backups: What are potential problems? Compliance with GDPR can be tough when applied to a customer's right to be forgotten and backups. There are workarounds, but they also present challenges. Quiz Yourself GDPR's requirement for 'privacy by design' demands new approaches to customer __________ giving customers complete control over their data. A. relationships, including B. relationships including Answer Stay in Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed! FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.