Right to data erasure ("right to oblivion")
The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller erasure of personal data concerning him without unreasonable delay, and the controller is obliged to erase personal data without unreasonable delay when one of the following applies:
the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
the data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing is based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a), and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1), and there are no overriding compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2);
the personal data were processed unlawfully;
personal data must be deleted in order to comply with a legal obligation laid down in Union or Member State law that rests on the controller;
the personal data were collected in connection with an offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1).
Where the controller has disclosed the personal data and is required to erase the personal data pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, take reasonable measures, including technical measures, to notify controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the controller to erase any link to, or copy or reproduction of, that personal data.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 do not apply to the extent processing is required:
for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
for compliance with a legal processing obligation imposed on the controller by Union or Member State law, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
for reasons of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3);
for the purpose of archiving in the public interest, scientific or historical research or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1), insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make the achievement of the purposes of such processing impossible or would seriously jeopardize it;
for the institution, exercise or substantiation of an action.
