The right to be forgotten: Standard on deleting the exposed personal information on the internet

Abstract

A General Data Protection Regulation that has been proposed in European Commission in January 2012 brings about active debate over the rights to be forgotten. If the right to be forgotten is approved, people can protect their personal information through strengthened personal information protect. However, this can lead to restraining the freedom of expression on internet. Thus, this article will present a standard that can protect freedom of expression and right to be forgotten by grading the exposed information on internet. Also, this article will reinterpret the right to be forgotten cases by applying new standard.