Editors:
- Presents a comparative legal analysis of the present state and potential future of the right to be forgotten in 17 countries spanning North America, South America, Europe, and Asia
- Offers the most recent legal and sociological analysis of the divergence between the “American” and “European” conceptions of the right to be forgotten, its legal underpinnings and how these growing divergences operate in practice
- Provides deep insights into the origins and the present and future relevance of the right to be forgotten in a rapidly globalizing and information-flat world economy
Part of the book series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law (GSCL, volume 40)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Europe
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book examines the right to be forgotten and finds that this right enjoys recognition mostly in jurisdictions where privacy interests impose limits on freedom of expression. According to its traditional understanding, this right gives individuals the possibility to preclude the media from revealing personal facts that are no longer newsworthy, at least where no other interest prevails. Cases sanctioning this understanding still abound in a number of countries. In today’s world, however, the right to be forgotten has evolved, and it appears in a more multi-faceted way. It can involve for instance also the right to access, control and even erase personal data. Of course, these prerogatives depend on various factors and competing interests, of both private and public nature, which again require careful balancing. Due to ongoing technological evolution, it is likely that the right to be forgotten in some of its new manifestations will become increasingly relevant in our societies.
Editors and Affiliations
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Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA
Franz Werro
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Right To Be Forgotten
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of the Emergent Right's Evolution and Application in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
Editors: Franz Werro
Series Title: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33512-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33511-3Published: 07 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33514-4Published: 07 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33512-0Published: 06 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2214-6881
Series E-ISSN: 2214-689X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 318
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Legal Aspects of Computing, Big Data/Analytics