Russia ponders introduction of right-to-be-forgotten web law

A new law allowing internet users to demand their personal data is erased from the web, has been proposed by Russian presidential aide Igor Shchyogolev. He added that online users have the right to be “forgotten” after browsing.

Shchyogolev wants to widen the legal meaning of “personal information” which currently only includes the user’s full name, location and online ID. He described personal data as “the oil of the internet economy” and said that companies were not only collecting basic facts, but all sorts of details, which could tell a lot about one’s personal activities, private interests and life views.

“Citizens must be able to use the right to be forgotten,” Shchyogolev told senior officials from state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor."

Read more.