The European Commission will require major internet portals shuffled personal information like social network Facebook, to remove personal information from users who are written off rather than keep all information has informed the agency Efe spokesman Matthew Newman Community.
European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, will recognize "the right to disappear," the Internet in their proposal to amend the Data Protection Directive intends to present in January.
Although Community legislation is, companies outside the EU will be affected by this legislation to the extent they are affected profiles citizens.
Thus, not only Facebook but other giants like Google will have to modify your system so that no trace of the information of a person who has asked to be deleted from the portal.
When a user leaves Facebook, his profile remains intact enough so that only re-enter their old username and password to enter.
At this time photographs and information are on the network and, if it has not restricted the privacy of the user profile, you can find all the information and images of the same if you type the name of the person in Google itself.
In a speech to businessmen in the press this week, the Commissioner stressed that "the implementation of the new legislation will not affect the work of journalists to publish news or store public interest."
The last directive of EU data protection dates from 1995, so Reding proposes to modernize the European framework with a reinforcement of the rights from the new challenges posed by the Internet and social networks.
For the preparation of the new directive, the Commissioner earlier this year launched a public consultation and has held several conferences on self-regulation and information technology companies.