LEGAL WORD
Right to be forgotten
Legal term · Privacy law
Right to be forgotten
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Privacy law
1 What it means
A person's right to have personal information removed when it is no longer relevant. The DPDP Act gives a right to erasure.
2 Use it in a sentence
He sought removal of old news reports under the right to be forgotten.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Right to be forgotten about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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