The Right to Be Forgotten: A Comparative Study of the Emergent Right's Evolution and Application in Europe, the Americas, and Asia

by Franz Werro

Book Overview

This book examines the right to be forgotten and finds that this right enjoys recognition mostly in jurisdictions where privacy interests impose limits on freedom of expression. According to its traditional understanding, this right gives individuals the possibility to preclude the media from revealing personal facts that are no longer newsworthy, at least where no other interest prevails. Cases sanctioning this understanding still abound in a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030335143
• ISBN13: 9783030335144
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"