Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The response of the Department of Justice is that we must uphold the European laws and regulations that have been set out. If there is a situation in which somebody believes information that should not be removed has been removed, that person, be it Deputy Naughten or anybody else, has the right to make a complaint, which would be address by the Data Protection Commissioner. The law is there. It is very clear. The companies are to adhere to that law and there is a process in place whereby a person can make a complaint if that is not the case. We have to make sure that individuals have a right to privacy. The vast majority of those applying this rule, the right to be forgotten, is in the context of information that should be taken down. There are instances where that should not be the case and it is up to the companies to respond to the law that is clearly set out. There is a mechanism for people to appeal that or to make a complaint where they believe the decision is unjust.

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