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Eighty-six judgments have been removed from the court’s online public database since 2013, it has emerged. The Times of Malta had reported earlier this year that since taking up office in 2013, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici had privately made the decision t86 court judgments removed from public database since 2013
Eighty-six judgments have been removed from the court’s online public database since 2013, it has emerged. The Times of Malta had reported earlier this year that since taking up office in 2013, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici had privately made the decision to introduce “the right to be forgotten” and which discovered by coincidence during an investigation. According to data tabled in Parliament this week by Dr Bonnici, in reply to a question by PN MP Jason Azzopardi – since the decision by the minister – there have been a total of 131 requests by individuals who no longer wanted judgments they were involved in to appear online. Of the 131 requests, there were 86 which were anonymised or which were in the process of being anonymised, the minister said, adding that this process involved removing the individual’s personal details. There were also 41 requests that were denied, while another three were still under consideration. One request was deemed to be “invalid”. Read: By April 2018, 22 judgments had been removed According to Dr Bonnici, lawyers would still be able to access the judgments that are removed through the court’s internal database. The “right to be forgotten” issue... Read more