Law Institute Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber Hong Kong University, July 9, 2013 The Right to Be Forgotten

Law Institute page 2 The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber Notion of the right to be forgotten Notion of the right to be forgotten Right to forget: No revitalization of historical event Special case of convicted persons Virtue of forgetting July 9, 2013  Delete  Erase

Law Institute page 3 The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 New European approaches  Spanish courts  French initiative Development of legal approaches United States: Continental Europe: The power of civil/personal law The tension of freedom of expression v. tort Canadian policy and corporate practice

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Law Institute page 5 Right to erasure of data loaded as child EU Data Protection Ordinance Obligations of controller The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber Scope of erasure Restriction of processing personal data Implementation of erasure mechanisms July 9, 2013

Law Institute page 6 Multi-dimensional approach Privacy as cluster concept Different forms of privacy Structural relations in informational privacy More user-centered approach The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013

Law Institute page 7 Digital abstinence Privacy risk mitigation Information privacy rights Digital privacy rights infrastructure Cognitive adjustment The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Information ecology Perfect contextualization

Law Institute page 8 Information power and cognition The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Laws Technology Cognition, decision-making and time Information power (incl. information privacy) IndividualsDigital abstinence Cognitive adjustment Privacy rightsInformation ecology Privacy DRMFull contextualization

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Law Institute page 10 Expiration dates on digital data The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Technical implementation Negotiation of expiration dates Active deletion and erasure of data

Law Institute page 11 Technological responses Cloud Computing: A cluster of complex liability issues - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 PET: Privacy Enhancing Technologies Anonymity: Concept of k-anonymity CARPE: Continuous Archival and Retrieval of Personal Experiences

Law Institute page 12 Infrastructure security The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Network ad information security Safety precautions and cooperation Technical and organizational measures

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Law Institute page 14 Limits of the right to be forgotten The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Balancing different human rights Balancing data protection and information access Cultural and social elements - Censorship - Free flow of information

Law Institute page 15 Paternalistic reasons Exceptions to the right to delete Communitarian reasons Administrative or economic reasons Archival reasons The Right to be Forgotten - Prof. Dr. Rolf H. WeberJuly 9, 2013 Security reasons