The right to be forgotten is unrealistic, says ICO

Stuart Sumner
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Deputy Information Commissioner David Smith compares right to be forgotten online to attempting to expunge a criminal record

The "right to be forgotten" online, a principle that broadly aims to govern when and how websites are allowed to serve cookies to users' devices, was dealt a blow today by privacy watchdog the Info...

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