Özet:

The importance of a person's right of confidentiality has been raising since day first humankind appeared until today. In fact, out of the fundamental rights of freedom, confidentiality is one of the leading ones. However, there are rights that interfere with confidentiality. Public's right to receive news and freedom of speech are among these rights. With the advancements in technology, in some cases sharing all kinds of personal information may be compulsory either by consent or necessity. In this case, protection of personal information is highly important. In case of personal information being shared with the third parties or the public in general, a person's confidentiality conflicts with public's right to receive news and freedom of speech. In the case of this conflict, it is important to pursue balance to decide which right to place importance on and to choose which direction to go about. Within this frame, we will see over time whether "the right to be forgotten" that has been discussed recently but hasn't resulted in an agreement yet, will be able to provide protection of confidentiality and be able to build balance between the rights. In the light of the ongoing discussions about "the right to be forgotten", this study will handle the subject from various aspects

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