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The Right to Forget, the Right to be Forgotten

Personal Reflections on the Fate of Personal Data in the Information Society

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Amalgamating the languages of scientific and literary approaches, this essay is meant to establish a common thread that runs through the separate topics of data protection literature—a leitmotif centered on the issues of remembering and forgetting, if you will.

As the chapter’s subtitle suggests, my intention has been to present my views in a format that is decidedly different from the standard style of academic writing. Amalgamating the languages of scientific and literary approaches, the chapter is meant to establish a common thread that runs through the separate topics of data protection literature—a leitmotif centered on the problematics of remembering and forgetting, if you will. As a result, readers will not find any numbered sections, bullet points, footnotes or end notes which would hinder the continuity of reading. There is, however, an annotated reference list at the end.

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Szekely, I. (2012). The Right to Forget, the Right to be Forgotten. In: Gutwirth, S., Leenes, R., De Hert, P., Poullet, Y. (eds) European Data Protection: In Good Health?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2903-2_17

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