US Activists Oppose US Govt Calls To Weaken EU Privacy Rules

judgecorp writes "The European Commission has proposals for data privacy (including the 'right to be forgotten') and the U.S. government is opposing them. Now U.S. activists have arrived in Brussels to lobby against their government's opposition to the European measures. The move comes following reports of 'extreme' lobbying by U.S. authorities against the European proposals." Although the "right to be forgotten" raises some free speech issues, it doesn't seem like a bad idea in principle.

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Re:It cuts both ways

[Intropy]

A right to be forgotten, were such a thing to exist, would itself be a violation of the right to privacy. My memories, records, etc. are my own. Nobody else gets to tell me what I do or do not remember, or even force me to tell them what I know. A right to be forgotten tramples all over what is perhaps the most basic and fundamental right we have, the freedom of thought. The whole concept is ridiculous. You simple have no right to be forgotten. What you may have is a desire to be fogotten.