do we have a right to be forgotten? from David Singer on 2011-03-14 (public-privacy@w3.org from January to March 2011)

From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:18:23 -0700
To: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
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Personally, I hope not.  If the mechanisms exist such that I can exercise them and cause myself to be forgotten, someone else can exercise those same mechanisms on anyone's behalf.

Anyone want to be an 'unperson'? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words#Unperson>


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Monday, 14 March 2011 21:19:28 UTC