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It's About Time: Privacy, Information Life Cycles, And The Right To Be Forgotten, Meg Leta Ambrose
It's About Time: Privacy, Information Life Cycles, And The Right To Be Forgotten, Meg Leta Ambrose
Meg Leta Ambrose
The current consensus is that information, once online, is there forever. Content permanence has led many European countries, the European Union, and even the United States to establish a right to be forgotten to protect citizens from the shackles of the past presented by the Internet. But, the Internet has not defeated time, and information, like everything, gets old, decays, and dies, even online. Quite the opposite of permanent, the Web cannot be self-preserving. One study from the field of content persistence, a body of research that has been almost wholly overlooked by legal scholars, found that 85% of content …
Seeking Digital Redemption: The Future Of Forgiveness In The Internet Age, Meg Leta Ambrose
Seeking Digital Redemption: The Future Of Forgiveness In The Internet Age, Meg Leta Ambrose
Meg Leta Ambrose
The Right to be Forgotten, a controversial privacy right that allows users to make information about themselves less accessible after a period of time, is hailed as a pillar of information privacy in some countries while condemned as censorship in others. Psychological and behavioral research indicates that one’s capacity to forget features of the past - or remember them in a different way - is deeply connected to his or her power to forgive others and move on, which in turn, has dramatic impacts on well-being. Second chances and the reinvention of self are deeply intertwined with American history and …