Right to be Forgotten: IFLA Statement and Background Information

There is presented compilation of three articles published on the IFLA website: Information on the release of IFLA Statement on the Right to be Forgotten [1]; IFLA Statement on the Right to be Forgotten [2]; Reference material “Background: The Right to be Forgotten in National and Regional Contexts” [3]. The “Right to be Forgotten” refers to an individual’s ability to request that a search engine (or other data provider) removes links to information about himself or herself from search results. IFLA’s Governing Board has approved Statement on the “Right to be Forgotten” jointly drafted by members of the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) committee and the Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM) committee. The Statement highlights crucial issues (the integrity of and access to the historical record, freedom of access to information and freedom of expression, etc.), that should be considered by libraries in terms of individual data privacy. The Statement identifies areas of concern that could have negative effects on long-term access to information. IFLA has noted the global application of the Right to be Forgotten within court rulings and legislation and has also issued a background paper as reference material.

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1. Zayavlenie IFLA o prave na zabvenie (Informatsiya o vypuske zayavleniya) [IFLA Issues Statement on Right to be Forgotten (Information About Publication of Statement)], IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/node/10273 (accessed 24.05.2016).

2. Zayavlenie IFLA o prave na zabvenie [IFLA Statement on the Right to be Forgotten], IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/publications/node/10320 (accessed 24.05.2016).

3. Predystoriya: “Pravo na zabvenie” v natsional’nom i regional’nom kontekstakh [Background: The Right to be Forgotten in National and Regional Contexts], IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/statements/rtbf_background.pdf (accessed 24.05.2016).

4. Zayavlenie IFLA o dostupe k informatsii, sootnosimoi s lichnost’yu, v arkhivnykh zapisyakh [IFLA Statement on Access to Personally Identifiable Information in Historical Records], IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-statement-on-access-to-personally-identifiable-information-in-historical-records (accessed 24.05.2016).

5. IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers (full version), IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-code-of-ethics-for-librarians-and-other-information-workers-full-version (accessed 24.05.2016).

6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN official website. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ (accessed 24.05.2016).

7. Zayavlenie IFLA o neprikosnovennosti chastnoi zhizni v bibliotechnoi srede [IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment], IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/news/documents/ifla-statement-on-privacy-in-the-library-environment.pdf (accessed 24.05.2016).

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10. IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, IFLA official website. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-statement-on-libraries-and-intellectual-freedom (accessed 24.05.2016).

11. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, EUR-Lex. Dostup k zakonodate’stvu Evropeiskogo soyuza [Access to the Legislation of the Uropean Union]. Available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT (accessed 24.05.2016).

12. Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data, Official Journal of the European Communities, 1995, vol. 38, 23 Nov. (No. L 281), pp. 31—50. Available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31995L0046:en:HTML (accessed 24.05.2016).

13. Schwartz J. Two German Killers Demanding Anonymity Sue Wikipedia’s Parent, The New York Times, 2009, 12 Nov. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13wiki.html?_r=0 (accessed 24.05.2016).

14. Guidelines on the Implementation of the Court of Justice of the European Union Judgment on “Google Spain and Inc V. Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja Gonzalez” C-131/12, Justice — European Commission. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2014/wp225_en.pdf (accessed 24.05.2016).

15. Questionnaire Addressed to Search Engines by the Article 29 Working Party Regarding the Implementation of the CJEU Judgment on the “Right to be Forgotten”. Available at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8syaai6SSfiT0EwRUFyOENqR3M/preview (accessed 24.05.2016).

16. Supreme Court Rejects Claim to Alter Digital Newspaper Archives, El Pais, 2015, 20 Nov. Available at: http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/20/inenglish/1445336346_537716.html (accessed 24.05.2016).

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20. Right to Be Forgotten: A Win for Argentina’s Lawsuit-Happy Celebrities, Global Voices advox, 2014, 18 Sep. Available at: http://advox.globalvoices.org/2014/09/18/right-to-be-forgotten-a-win-for-argentinas-lawsuit-happy-celebrities/ (accessed 24.05.2016).

21. Brazil’s Politicians Aim to Add Mandatory Real Names and a Right to Erase History to the Marco Civil, Electronic Frontier Education, 2015, 14 Oct. Available at: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/brazils-terrible-pl215 (accessed 24.05.2016).

22. Colombia: Constitutional Court rules on the “right to be forgotten”, International Academy of Comparative Law, 2015, 14 Jul. Available at: http://iuscomparatum.info/colombia-constitutional-court-rules-on-the-right-to-be-forgotten (accessed 24.05.2016).

23. Hong Kong Appeals Board Supports Right to be Forgotten, Lexology, 2015, 16 Nov. Available at: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0104b8c-0e72-4b58-be59-e4adc08dc6f0 (accessed 24.05.2016).

24. Tomoko Otake “Right to be Forgotten” on the Internet Gains Traction in Japan, The Japan Times, 2014, 9 Dec., Available at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/09/national/crime-legal/right-to-be-forgotten-on-the-internet-gains-traction-in-japan/#.Vk3wbHbnu (accessed 24.05.2016).

25. Yahoo Japan Sets out Procedure for Search Result Removal, The Japan Times, 2015, 31 March. Available at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/31/national/yahoo-japan-sets-procedure-search-result-removal/#.Vk3wHXbnuU (accessed 24.05.2016).