Though EU officials have indicated strong support for a "right to be forgotten" principle as data protection laws are reviewed, UK Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has questioned the practicality of such a provision, Financial Times reports. During a recent speech, Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said that citizens should have the right--and not only the possibility--to be forgotten online, calling for changes to EU law requiring Web site owners to delete information about a person upon their request. But Vaizey said at a London event, "How do we force a Web site hosted in Calcutta to take down an image uploaded in Croydon? We should not give people false expectations." (Registration may be required to access this story.) 
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