%0 Journal Article %T The Right to Be Forgotten %A Weber %A Rolf H. %J JIPITEC : Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law %D 2011 %I Digital Peer Publishing %X Recently, political voices havestressed the need to introduce a right to be forgot-ten as new human right. Individuals should have theright to make potentially damaging information dis-appear after a certain time has elapsed. Such newright, however, can come in conflict with the princi-ple of free speech. Therefore, its scope needs to beevaluated in the light of appropriate data protectionrules. Insofar, a more user-centered approach is tobe realized. ¡°Delete¡± can not be a value as such, butmust be balanced within a new legal framework. %K Data protection %K delete %K free speech %K privacy %K privacy enhancing technologies %K user-centered ap- proach %U https://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-2-2-2011/3084