Fake news can turn a doctor’s professional life into hell. White coats know this well, so much so that more than 9 out of 10 experience this phenomenon as a real threat. And, although 1 in 5 have experienced this abuse on their own skin, almost half of them do not know that the ‘right to be forgotten’ guarantees the cancellation of their personal data published on the web. As a result, nearly 80% of the victims tried to solve the problem on their own. These are just some of the data that emerged from the survey promoted by Consulcesi on over 1,323 professionals. The report shows that over 60% of healthcare professionals involved in the research are interested in a service that allows them to verify the content posted on the Internet related to their name and potentially harmful to privacy and digital image. In particular, healthcare professionals would like to have access to a service that is simple to use, reliable and safe.
“Doctors are well aware of how important it is to have a good reputation on the web”, explains Massimo Tortorella, president of Consulcesi. “Our research shows that health professionals visit general and health-related information newspapers every day and surf social networks, in particular Facebook and YouTube. Not only. Doctors – he continues – use emails and phone calls in their relationship with the patient, but also instant messaging applications such as Whatsapp and Telegram ”.
With the pandemic, the ‘long-distance’ relationship with patients has become even more frequent. “During the pandemic – Tortorella continues – there are also many doctors who have found themselves having negative reviews on the web. In some cases, many health professionals have seen their name appear in the news relating to an ongoing legal case, news published in the press before the sentence and never removed even in the face of an acquittal ”.
Consulcesi has established the legal service ‘right to be forgotten’ for the removal of critical, false or incorrect content that could compromise the professionalism of white coats. “The right to be forgotten – the Consulcesi lawyers explain – is the right of a natural person, not a legal entity, to obtain the de-indexing or cancellation of a link relating to the news that concerns him / her when it is no longer of public interest, especially due to of the passage of time. Personal data may in fact be processed only for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected “.
After a free analysis of the contents, and a careful legal evaluation, the team of experts eliminates false news, insulting comments, information damaging to the image and data illegally processed according to current legislation and the right to be forgotten recognized by the Court of Justice of the European Union. To contact the Consulcesi lawyers, the toll-free number 800-122777 is available.
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