Practical Obscurity / Right to be Forgotten
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What is Practical Obscurity
The principle that private information in public records is effectively protected from disclosure as the result of practical barriers to access, such as travel to view the record. When the records are published on the internet, those barriers are taken away, therefore becoming more accessible to people globally.
How has this changed in the digital age
What is the right to be forgotten
Right to be forgotten examples
An example of something that should really be forgotten or moved on from is perhaps if somebody says a short phrase and the fact they have said it is recorded, and now later on somebody else has an issue with that person, they can use the fact they said the phrase to paint the person in a bad light and make people hate them. This is perhaps a bad thing because the person may even regret saying the phrase and changed their mind since that point.
