Right To Be Forgotten

"Right to be Forgotten" is a right to have private information removed from the internet search engine, database, websites or other public platforms. The "Right to be Forgotten" gained prominence sometime in 2014 when a matter was referred to the Court of Justice of European Union in respect of the results for the search of Mario Costeja Gonzalez on the search engine depicting action notice of his reposed home.1 Since then, "Right to be forgotten" has evolved in many countries with certain countries having specific provisions in this regard. One such most prominent law is the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) whereby article 17 provides the data subject a right of erasure of personal data concerning her/him.2