Right To Be Forgotten
Right to be forgotten This provision blocks anyone from removing information that is considered irrelevant, such as a social security number. Geo-blocking.
Geo-blocking, also known as filter bubbles, will restrict access to content outside a specific country, usually Facebook’s message service or Google’s YouTube video service.
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This way you will not be able to view content which is not available in your country. But these controls have been criticized for, in practice, being limited to larger companies or organizations, such as banks and airlines.
The measure was introduced by David Cameron in 2014, to stop porn being accessed outside the UK. According to Occom, a government regulator, the best measures will be to promote greater transparency about what user data is being collected.
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This means that consumers can be better informed about what data is being collected and why. For instance, users can be more aware of how data is being used.
Users can also better understand how their personal data is shared with third parties. Users have the right to expect greater transparency. They also have the right to control how their data is being used. In a nutshell.
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Users should have the right to know more about what data is being collected. Ultimately, the right to be forgot isn’t going to change the way companies collect and use our data. Companies are unlikely to act any differently.
However, it will make it easier for citizens to go to court should they wish to challenge a company’s decision not to be transparent. Companies should support this right if they want to continue to sell personal data to governments and companies.
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This article is republish from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More on privacy: Think your online privacy is safe? Think again How to find out if Facebook and Google are spying on you.
This article was updated to include information about how the majority of data processing will take place. This article was updated to include data about the right to privacy being raised to the same legal status as human rights.
Legal Bid
This article was updated to include information about Ireland’s legal bid to force Google and Facebook to reveal details of how their algorithms use information and whether consent is needed from users before being uploaded to their platforms.
Compiled by Alice Lloyd George Ana Cruz is Senior Lecturer in Law, Anglia Ruskin University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
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