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The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective

Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015.

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Other Authors: Papadopoulos, Sylvia
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Published: University of Pretoria 2016
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/53162 The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective Papadopoulos, Sylvia andre.basson@gmail.com Basson, André Stephan UCTD Right of privacy Law theses SDG-16 Law theses SDG-09 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015. The purpose of this Mini-Dissertation is to determine whether or not a data subject in South Africa can rely on the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) as is illustrated in the case of Google Spain SL & Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) & Mario Costeja González (Google SL).1 This involves, inter alia, a critical analysis of the European Law as well as the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI).2 The Mini-Dissertation is structured as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction: Introduction, purpose and overview of the Mini-Dissertation. Chapter 2: An Overview of the European Law: An analysis of the relevant legislation and case-law of the European Union as well as its application to the RTBF. Chapter 3: Google Spain SL & Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) & Mario Costeja González: A detailed analysis of Judgment in Google SL as well as commentary and criticism to the RTBF. Chapter 4: The Right to be Forgotten in South Africa: A detailed analysis of the law pertaining to the protection of personal information in South Africa and the applicability of the RTBF in South Africa. This entails an investigation of the provisions of POPI as well as South African commentary to the RTBF. Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendations. Mercantile Law LLM Unrestricted 2016-06-14T09:45:12Z 2016-06-14T09:45:12Z 2016-04-14 2015 Mini Dissertation Basson, AS 2016, The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53162> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53162 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle UCTD
Right of privacy
Law theses SDG-16
Law theses SDG-09
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title_full The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title_fullStr The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title_full_unstemmed The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title_short The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective
title_sort right to be forgotten a south african perspective
topic UCTD
Right of privacy
Law theses SDG-16
Law theses SDG-09
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53162