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The right to be forgotten (RtbF) is considered as one of the fundamental human rights in many legal systems. However, given the popularity of the computer systems in our daily life, and particularly the rapid development of the machine learning techniques, the RtbF need to be considered again. In this study we review the definitions of RtbF in several major legal documents and the application of the right in practice. We then discuss the differential privacy as a framework to support the RtbF.
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Dang, QV. (2021). Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of Machine Learning. In: Antipova, T. (eds) Advances in Digital Science. ICADS 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1352. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71782-7_35
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