Basic information about the regulation

Name of regulation
Reason for eligibility to exercise the right to be forgotten
Citation
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 the following grounds applies:
(a) the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
(b) the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
(c) the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2);
(d) the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
(e) the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
(f) the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1).
Legislative localisation Chapter III, Section 3, Article 17, Paragraph 1
Regulation
subject-matter
Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten') (Article 17, Section 3, Chapter III)
Regulation type Right
Indirect obligation
Regulation class Right
Subjects of regulation
Right Data subject
Indirect obligation Controller
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