Agent · gdpr-2016-679-17

GDPR artikel 17: Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)

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CELEX 32016R0679 · 2026-08-18 · Weight 106 · minimal-risk

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Inputs

• groundGround for erasureenum (no_longer_necessary | consent_withdrawn | objection_upheld | unlawful | legal_obligation | child_services | none)
• freedom_of_expressionProcessing is necessary for freedom of expression and informationboolean
• legal_claimsProcessing is necessary for legal claimsboolean

Rule tree

1. If: ground = none

   No ground for erasure

   Article 17(1) requires at least one of points (a) to (f) to be met.

   Paragraph 1

2. If: någon(freedom_of_expression = true, legal_claims = true)

   An exemption in Article 17(3) applies

   Erasure shall not apply to the extent the processing is necessary for the purposes listed in Article 17(3).

   Paragraph 3

3. If: ground i [no_longer_necessary, consent_withdrawn, objection_upheld, unlawful, legal_obligation, child_services]

   Erasure shall take place without undue delay

   Where the data have been made public, reasonable steps shall be taken to inform other controllers under Article 17(2).

   Paragraph 1, 2

If no rule matches: None of the article's conditions are met with the facts supplied. Supply more facts or read the article in full.

The article text as read

1. 11. 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:
2. 2(a)
3. 3the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
4. 4(b)
5. 5the 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;
6. 6(c)
7. 7the 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);
8. 8(d)
9. 9the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
10. 10(e)
11. 11the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
12. 12(f)
13. 13the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1).
14. 142. Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

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Citation: 32016R0679 art. 17, Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’). ExploreWorld Legal, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/agent/gdpr-2016-679/artikel-17 (hämtad 2026-08-18, bevis sha256:0865718bbf5fb6dc, bygge legal-2026-08-25).