Re: This protection is good, but...
The thing is that the Right To Be Forgotten is not there to protect people against themselves, although it could be helpful. It is first and foremost there to protect people against others.
I worked in the privacy and security policy space when the foundations for this were laid and a lot of groups we kept regularly bumped into surrounding this topic were anti cyberbullying organisations, children's rights organisations etc. In that time I have met a few victims of cyberbullying whose careers were effectively over before they could begin because any potential employer nowadays does a quick Google search on candidates. If that unearths all sorts of shit that your bullies posted about you (or in your name) when you were 16 that will still be there when you're 22 and going for that job interview. Either you try to get Google to remove it or you have to change your name.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
