"Internet and the protection of the person - The case of the search engine" edited by Franco Pizzetti is a book by the Astrid Foundation, published by Passigli Editori.
The right to be forgotten, as the possibility of deleting forever from the web the references that concern us and that we would like to no longer know, is today among the most discussed. A dream dreamed by all, but unattainable for all. It has taken on such an important dimension in today's society because of search engines. These are the ones that, by allowing easy access to everyone's data, make it heavier for anyone wishing to delete the data concerning them, the condemnation to the eternal memory of the network. Since digital reality is less and less separate and distinct from the real one, they actually have an enormous impact on our public and private image.
For some time, the Google Spain ruling led less attentive observers to believe that the right to be forgotten could really exist. This book explains why it is not.
However, there may be other ways to protect your image and identity, even if you are a public person. The essays collected here seek new ways to protect the person on the net.
The common thread that unites them is the renunciation of the impossible hope of erasing what cannot be erased, in exchange for the right to "speak one's truth", with the same methods and the same knowability as "lies" or "wrong truths". ” which we would like to delete.
A way that instead of trying to remove network memory tends to increase it; and gives everyone the right not "not to know", but "to know more" about the person on whom information is sought.
