Impact of Right to be Forgotten on Industry

The Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Canada interviewed Omar Ha-Redeye on the right to be forgotten:

The “right to be forgotten” issue is of particular interest to business owners and other professionals, including accountants, who must balance free speech and public interest with the ability to protect their reputation. For example, if a professional was charged with a criminal offence in the past, the public (including a client) arguably has an interest in knowing about it.

“If the news coverage is accurate at the time of publishing … they don’t have to remove it,” says Omar Ha-Redeye, a lawyer with Toronto-based Fleet Street Law, who also teaches law and ethics at Ryerson University. “Even if the results of any investigation demonstrates the person is innocent.”