Moving the Google: Right to Be Forgotten Has an Impact
January 23, 2019
I have heard that it can be difficult to reach a human at Google. It appears that a Dutch surgeon and her attorneys were successful. “Right to Be Forgotten Used to Force Google to Remove Medical Negligence Link” states:
Amsterdam’s district court has forced Google to remove search results relating to a Dutch surgeon’s past medical suspension…
The difference between printed information and digital information is becoming discernible. Print can exist in multiple copies in tangible form in many places; for example, university libraries, archives, and personal information collections. Making a change to a printed document can be tricky, but it can be done.
However, changing the digital record is a bit easier; for example, deleting a pointer in an index.
The question becomes, “What happens when a person wants to reconstruct the details of a particular matter?”
The answer is that information is relative. Figuring out what happened becomes a bit more difficult and expensive.
What happens?
I can’t look up the answer online, but I could ask IBM Watson. These types of answers may have to suffice with Silly Putty information.
A court decision may leave behind a paper trail. But the actions of a single system administrator may be impossible to identify and verify.
Epistemology may be due for a renascence when setting the record straight.
Stephen E Arnold, January 23, 2019
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