Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age

Description

This book examines the fundamental question of how legislators and other rule-makers should handle remembering and forgetting information (especially personally identifiable information) in the digital age. It encompasses such topics as privacy, data protection, individual and collective memory, and the right to be forgotten when considering data storage, processing and deletion. The authors argue in support of maintaining the new digital default, that (personally identifiable) information should be remembered rather than forgotten. The book offers guidelines for legislators as well as private and public organizations on how to make decisions on remembering and forgetting personally identifiable information in the digital age. It draws on three main perspectives: law, based on a comprehensive analysis of Swiss law that serves as an example; technology, specifically search engines, internet archives, social media and the mobile internet; and an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions from various disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and economics, amongst others.. Thanks to this multifaceted approach, readers will benefit from a holistic view of the informational phenomenon of “remembering and forgetting”. This book will appeal to lawyers, philosophers, sociologists, historians, economists, anthropologists, and psychologists among many others. Such wide appeal is due to its rich and interdisciplinary approach to the challenges for individuals and society at large with regard to remembering and forgetting in the digital age. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Part I Introduction (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 1-14 Part II Normative Concepts of Information Management (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 15-55 Front Matter ....Pages 56-56 1 Introduction (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 57-58 2 Search Engines (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 59-71 3 Remembering and Forgetting in Social Media (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 72-83 4 Web Archives (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 84-101 5 Mobile Internet (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 102-113 Front Matter ....Pages 114-117 1 Remembering (to) Delete: Forgetting Beyond Informational Privacy (Viktor Mayer-Schönberger)....Pages 118-123 2 Forgetting: In a Digital Glasshouse (Christine Abbt)....Pages 124-134 3 On the Interplay Between Forgetting and Remembering (Nikos Askitas)....Pages 135-147 4 On the Economics of Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age (Mark Schelker)....Pages 148-160 5 A Political Economic Analysis of Transparency in a Digital World (Christine Benesch)....Pages 161-168 6 Digitalization and Social Identity Formation (Matthias Klemm)....Pages 169-187 7 The Digital Age and the Social Imaginary (Melinda Sebastian, Wesley Shumar)....Pages 188-198 8 The Role of Temporal Construal in Online Privacy Behaviors (Johannes Ullrich)....Pages 199-207 9 Remembering Prevails Over Forgetting: Archiving of Personal Data in the Analog and in the Digital Age (Christoph Graf)....Pages 208-215 10 Longevity: Remembering and Forgetting Personal Memories (Domenico Salvati)....Pages 216-236 Part V Design Guide (Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Herbert Burkert, Urs Gasser)....Pages 237-257