The right to oblivion as an expression of the human right to privacy

Xanthoulis, Napoleon (2013) The right to oblivion as an expression of the human right to privacy. In, Canellopoulou-Bottis, Maria (ed.) Privacy and Surveillance - current aspects and future perspectives: Proceedings of the Liss-Cost seminar in Athens, Greece “Surveillance in Academia”, 2012 plus selected papers from ICIL 2011 and 2012 in Corfu, Greece. Athens. Nomiki Bibliothiki Group, pp. 151-163.

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Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to argue that a right to oblivion should be concep-
tualised as a human right and more specifically, as an expression of the broader
right to privacy, which itself is approached as a multidimensional concept.
Firstly, I will discuss the right to oblivion as a phenomenon, in other words, how
it is prima facie presented in the current debate. Secondly, I will explain how the
current legal framework fails to offer a holistic conceptualisation of a right to
oblivion. Thirdly, I will argue that, as the term itself reveals, the concept should
be discussed from a human rights-based approach rather than from a mere con-
trol-based perspective. More particularly, I will suggest that the right to oblivion
should be conceptualised as part of the right to privacy, as a multidimensional
concept.

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