Don't you forget about me

[DaveB]

BBC News - EU backs 'right to be forgotten'

[vetran]

so he wants to hide some public facts that he doesn't want to share?

hmm.

[OwlHoot]

Credit where it's due, for once the EU is doing something right I reckon.

A lot of young people who rashly post dodgy photos and indiscrete admissions traceable back to them will be disadvantaged if these hang around indefinitely, not to mention the implications of indefinite retention on the rehabilitation of offenders.

The only slight snag is that more pages, perhaps most, will have a built-in expiry date. So links will be even more unreliable than they are today with their limited half-life (about 18 months on average it seems).

[Mich the Tester]

Credit where it's due, for once the EU is doing something right I reckon.

A lot of young people who rashly post dodgy photos and indiscrete admissions traceable back to them will be disadvantaged if these hang around indefinitely, not to mention the implications of indefinite retention on the rehabilitation of offenders.

The only slight snag is that more pages, perhaps most, will have a built-in expiry date. So links will be even more unreliable than they are today with their limited half-life (about 18 months on average it seems).

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4. UK's Ministry of Justice is seeking British opt-out from any law - it claims that the law "raises unrealistic and unfair expectations"

[hyperD]

Now, I wonder which particular group of "ordinary people" would be very keen to see this enforced...

[Mich the Tester]

Now, I wonder which particular group of "ordinary people" would be very keen to see this enforced...

Agents who've posted adverts asking for 5 years of experience in a product that was only released last year.

[hyperD]

Agents who've posted adverts asking for 5 years of experience in a product that was only released last year.

It's a good answer, but it's not right!

[original PM]

Credit where it's due, for once the EU is doing something right I reckon.

A lot of young people who rashly post dodgy photos and indiscrete admissions traceable back to them will be disadvantaged if these hang around indefinitely, not to mention the implications of indefinite retention on the rehabilitation of offenders.

The only slight snag is that more pages, perhaps most, will have a built-in expiry date. So links will be even more unreliable than they are today with their limited half-life (about 18 months on average it seems).

Thing is we were all young once and we have all done some dumb things - we were just lucky that we could not post it online.

However the main problem is that the mealy mouthed small minded middle managment dick eds who think that because some showed their norks 15 years ago they are some how an unsavoury person and not worth employing.

That is the fookin stupid bit.

However I would imagine the story is more about priviledged people who feel that they can do what they want and no one else should know about it - you know cos they are Dave and Ed's mate .