Author
Ms Suzanna Abdul Hadi
Organisation/Institution
Taylor's University
Country
MALAYSIA
Panel
Children and Law
Title
Right to be Forgotten and the Best Interest of the Child in Malaysia.
Abstract
Every child during their growing-up years will commit acts which defies authority, committing errors and blunders in life and learning from them, all the while finding their place in the world. Most of these errors and blunders have no or little impact in their adulthood but more often than not, some will come back to haunt them in their adult life. In the day and age of our parents, past errors were easily buried. But in the current modernised world and with advancement of technology, the internet never forgets. Therefore, one of the concerns is the appearance of such past actions in search engines, where it will remain accessible to those around him and the effect of such appearances to his future, especially if the incident had occurred when he was a minor. The right to be forgotten gives the individual the right to request the removal of his past from search engines, especially those in the country he resides in. Would this right then fulfill the principle of best interest of the child, a concept enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child? This paper will look at the concept of right to be forgotten and whether it exists in Malaysia. Finally, this paper will look at whether the right to be forgotten protects the best interest of the child.
Biography
Suzanna obtained her LLB and LLM from University of Malaya. Upon graduation, she began tutoring at her alma mater, mainly in in tort law, family law and Malaysian Legal System. She was admitted to the High Court of Malaya in 2005. In 2013, Suzanna joined Taylor's Law School (currently known as the School of Law & Governance) at Taylor's University. Since then, her main areas of teaching are Malaysian Legal System, Malaysian Family law and Legal Skills and Methods, with the occasional teaching for the Dissertation and Information Technology Law modules. Her research interest is mainly on family law and child law. Suzanna is currently pursuing her doctorate in the area of child law. Suzanna is also the lecturer supervisor for the Legal Aid Centre and Streetlaw Program at the University.
