What are your plans for 12pm Central next Friday (March 1st)?
Because I was hoping we could meet up virtually for a chat about an issue affecting you and your digital identity. Now, I realize that depending on where you’re living/visiting right now, 12pm Central might not be lunchtime for you, but I hope you’ll pour yourself your favorite beverage, maybe grab a snack, and join me anyway.
The issue is that the Internet’s undeletable memory is taking away our Right To Be Forgotten.
On Friday, Ryan and I will be discussing:
- What are the long-term consequences of letting profit-minded companies access and dictate the most personal parts of our lives?
- Will a future iteration of the Constitution hold the Right To Be Forgotten – a right that citizens can exercise to disconnect their profile from certain apps and have their data be permanently erased from the Internet?
I hope you can carve out a little time in your day to join us for this discussion.
I realize that caring about your own digital identity may not be the coolest or easiest thing to do right now. However, five to ten years from now, I promise that you’re going to wish you were more careful about how you navigated the Internet and were more selective in the ways you willingly gave companies access to your data.
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