O direito ao esquecimento na sociedade da informação

Abstract

The study attempts to trace the general contours of the right to be forgotten in the Brazilian legal system. The right to oblivion consists of an effective instrument to prevent the disclosure of past events, devoid of newsworthiness, will prevent the free developmet of the human person, in the autonomous realization of his life project. Although it can be exercised by any individual, regardless of its reputation, the right to oblivion is not absolute and must be balanced against the potencially conflicting rights such as freedom of expression and right to information. To understand this difficult balancing presents the criteria used by national and international law in solving the hard conflict between the disclosure and the right to be forgotten, in which context the relevance of information emerges as a major criteriorn, although not absolute, since historical relevance of facts also deserve legal protection. This issue is examined in the virtual environment in order to identify various forms of oblivion on the Internet, which are other effective means not limited to the possibility of deleting information.