Can Semantic Web Technology Help Implement a Right to Be Forgotten?
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 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.
Semantic Web, Linked Data Web, data protection, right to be forgotten, droit à l'oubli, data protection directive, European Commission, Policy-Aware Web
O'Hara, Kieron
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February 2012
O'Hara, Kieron
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O'Hara, Kieron
(2012)
Can Semantic Web Technology Help Implement a Right to Be Forgotten?
Computers and Law, 22 (6).
Abstract
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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Published date: February 2012
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Based on a talk given at the Society for Computer and Law 6th Annual Policy Forum - "The New Shape of European Internet Regulation" - 15 September 2011. A recording of the talk is available at http://www.scl.org/files/scl_policy_forum_2011/Future_of_Privacy_Regulation_1_-_Kieron_O%27Hara.mp3
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Semantic Web, Linked Data Web, data protection, right to be forgotten, droit à l'oubli, data protection directive, European Commission, Policy-Aware Web
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Web & Internet Science
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