SXSW 2012 - My Life, Take Two: The Right to Delete

My Life, Take Two: The Right to Delete
Event	Interactive 2010
Format	Panel
Organizer	Chris Conley – ACLU of Northern California
Description	Most of us have incidents in our past that we’d rather leave there – but that's getting harder in a world teeming with tools and devices that capture our actions and record them forever. Do we have a “right to delete” records and data about ourselves? Can we? Should we?
Questions Answered	What happens to the “digital footprints” we leave behind as we use interactive technology? Does a permanent record of our past affect our ability to change and grow? How do we explain our unwanted or outdated digital footprints when we meet new people? Are there emerging technologies that can shine new light on those skeletons we had all but forgotten? Is there a difference between information that we voluntarily share about ourselves and information that is involuntarily (and perhaps silently) captured by others? Are there technical tools or approaches that can provide us with a right to delete? Should data about us "expire?" Is there any way to enforce, or even request, that? Who owns our digital footprints? Do we have any legal right to delete our past? How can we merge interactive products and a right to delete? If we want the "right to delete," how do we go about establishing and asserting that right?
Level	Beginner
Category	Career / Work Concerns, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Issues, Social Networking, User Generated Content

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