Can Semantic Web Technology Help Implement a Right to Be Forgotten?
During the revision of the EU's data protection directive, attention has focused on a 'right to be forgotten'. Though the discussion has been largely confined to the legal profession, and has been overlooked by technologists, it does raise technical issues - UK minister Ed Vaizey, and...
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| Summary: | During the revision of the EU's data protection directive, attention has focused on a 'right to be forgotten'. Though the discussion has been largely confined to the legal profession, and has been overlooked by technologists, it does raise technical issues - UK minister Ed Vaizey, and the UK's Information Commissioner's Office have pointed out that rights are only meaningful when they can be enforced and implemented. In this short paper, I look at how such a right might be interpreted and whether it could be enforced using the specific technology of the Semantic Web or the Linked Data Web. |
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