The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective

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dc.contributor.advisor Papadopoulos, Sylvia en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Basson, André Stephan en
dc.date.accessioned 2016-06-14T09:45:12Z
dc.date.available 2016-06-14T09:45:12Z
dc.date.created 2016-04-14 en
dc.date.issued 2015 en
dc.description Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015. en
dc.description.abstract 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. en
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dc.description.degree LLM en
dc.description.department Mercantile Law en
dc.identifier.citation 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> en
dc.identifier.other A2016 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53162
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject UCTD en
dc.title The right to be forgotten : a South African perspective en
dc.type Mini Dissertation en


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