The right to be forgotten in Ireland
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2020-03-07
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O'Callaghan, Patrick
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This chapter examines the status of the right to be forgotten in Irish law. It pays close attention to data protection law and finds that even before the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a right to be forgotten, rooted in data protection law, was available in Irish law. The chapter also explores whether a right to be forgotten is available beyond data protection law. In doing so, it assesses whether interests in forgetting and/or being forgotten are given expression in other areas of Irish law. The chapter considers the legislation on spent convictions, defamation law and the law of privacy. It finds, however, that data protection law is the most suitable home for a right to be forgotten. The chapter also examines the limits of the right to be forgotten and the remedies available for infringement before commenting on the transparency problem in the context of search engine delisting requests.
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Right to be forgotten , Irish law , General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Data protection law
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O'Callaghan, P. (2020) 'The right to be forgotten in Ireland', in Werro, F. (ed.) The Right to be Forgotten. Springer, Cham, pp. 141-161. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 40. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33512-0_7
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© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of a chapter published in Werro, F. (ed.) The Right to be Forgotten. Springer, Cham, pp. 141-161. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 40. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33512-0_7 The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33512-0_7