Right to be Forgotten Case Study

Right to be forgotten is a major concept in laws of European nations. It gives people a right to request that a particular information about them that has been published in the internet be deleted or removed when it is no longer needed (Lee, 2014). Google Inc. is mostly affected by such laws given that it the most widely accessed platform for providing information. The right to be forgotten is a controversial data protection law which has sparked a polarized discussion among people. Although privacy is a right that should be protected universally, such an overarching judgment is subject to manipulation by powerful people in the society. Google will ace ultimate pressure either to pull down the posts. It is likely to give in rather than facing legal costs that comes with challenging such illegitimate requests (Chadwick, 2018).

There are several detrimental impacts that results from the right to be forgotten. It is contributing to limited rights to freedom through safeguarding image of individual as well as personal information. Another stakeholder is Google Company. It is a company that European Union is pushing its legislations on them. The Company is considered as a source of information for those who are browsing while it sometimes becomes a foe for those who consider that their private information is made public. Media is also an important stakeholder in this issue. Media including newspaper like Van Vanguardia are very important primary sources of information fed to Google. It is hence protected by comprehensive legislations of data protection. This is in contrast to US where data protection attitude is controlled by attitude mainly the market forces.

The phrases “free speech” and “free market” are common in USA. Besides this, terrorism activities that have been so rampant in US like the September 11 attack has reduced restrictions when it comes to handling personal data. It was after US adopted the Patriot Act following this occurrence (Lazarus, 2015). Technology has also intruded into the attentional privacy. This happens when privacy is violated through use of unsolicited telephones or email. It is common to receive calls from unknown people who are trying to advertise and sell their products. Such kind of intrusion is enabled by modern technology which makes it easy to send bulk texts and making calls to be cheap. Technology also makes filtering of such information to be easier and faster with no need of having personal intervention hence facilitates intrusion of personal privacy.

Google should provide best solutions are provided in the first pages or first results. Therefore, Google should ensure that it is visible in order to increase its traffic of people who use it. Google should ensure that it has proper search engine configuration and optimization. It should also reduce the crawling to a great extend in search results. It will be a great way of reducing violation of privacy of people which is a serious issue on data security and privacy. Currently, information is widely shared through the internet majorly through Google platform. The platform is compelled to act morally at through observing privacy of its users and also to be honest in dealing in availing information without biasedness. References Chadwick, P.

Should we forget about the 'right to be forgotten?? | Paul Chadwick. Retrieved from https://www. Lazarus, D. Europe and U. S. have different approaches to protecting privacy of personal data - Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://www. nbcnews. com/id/15221111/ns/technology_and_science-privacy_lost/t/la-difference-stark-eu-us-privacy-laws/ Venables, M. The EU's 'right to be forgotten': What data protections are we missing in the US? Retrieved from https://www. forbes. com/sites/michaelvenables/2013/03/08/the-ecs-right-to-be-forgotten-proposal-in-the-u-s/ Exhibit Below are some facts about Google Inc. Costeja was among the Spaniards who seeked for legislations to pull down information from Google search results. Court’s approval of this case led to emergency of around 2. 4 million requests for delisting. Google managed to remove 600,000 URLs. Among them were contents that glorified the Nazi party in Germany and those that insulted religion in India.