Right to be forgotten – helps you become invisible in Canada
Can you ask a website or a blog to remove your information? In this digital age, can you choose to ghost your online presence? Does Canada recognize people’s right to be forgotten?
In 2015, a Swiss-based medical company used the photo of a child without her mother’s consent to propagate pre-natal tests for down syndrome. It was a shocking incident as the personal information of the child who was a Canadian citizen went viral on social media. What remedies did the family have under Canadian law to remove the content about their child?
What is the Right to be forgotten?
The right to be forgotten is a civil right by which an individual can request all his/her personal information be removed from the internet. It is also referred to as the right of erasure. However, some believe that there is a slight difference between the two. The right to erasure …
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