The “Right to be Forgotten” (RTBF) may be a much talked about feature of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but it actually existed long before this regulation came into being. Essentially, the RTBF acts as a set of rights given to the consumer regarding how their personal...
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) 1. The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of th...
(GDPR), which protects the personal data of individuals in the European Union (EU). However, the right to be forgotten is not an absolute right: it does not always apply to jurisdictions outside the EU, and there are certain additional circumstances when an individual may not be able to ...
(GDPR), which protects the personal data of individuals in the European Union (EU). However, the right to be forgotten is not an absolute right: it does not always apply to jurisdictions outside the EU, and there are certain additional circumstances when an individual may not be able to ...
rights of individuals, and applies no matter where the organization handling the data is from. Under the GDPR, the “right to be forgotten” is officially named as the“right to erasure,”which states that an individual can obtain from an organization the erasure of his o...
Particularly, the latest reforms in both domestic and international law have had a drastic impact on the application of the right to be forgotten. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) scheduled to have direct effect in all EU member states, the Government introduced the Data ...
Backups and the right to be forgotten in the GDPR: An uneasy relationshipGDPRBackupRight to be ForgottenThe recent enforcement of the GDPR has put extra burdens to data controllers operating within the EU. Beyond other challenges, the exercise of the Right to be Forgotten by individuals who ...
The key point here is that the right of erasure under Article 17 of GDPR is in many cases not an absolute right for the individual. In fact, quite the opposite. Depending on the legal basis under which the data is processed, the handler of the data may reject such requests as it may...
Compared to the EU, it’s like we’re still using a flip phone while they’ve got the latest smartphone. The GDPR gives EU citizens extensive rights over their personal data, including the right to be forgotten. In the U.S., we’re still trying to figure out if we can get unlimited...
Under the GDPR, the right to be forgotten is a fundamental user's rights. In this short guide, we explain how to prove you honered it