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Right to Erasure

Privacy

A right to ask a company to delete your data.

Definition

The right to erasure means you can ask a company to delete your personal data in certain cases.

In plain English A right to ask a company to delete your data.

Why this matters

Why it matters: It can reduce long-term tracking and risk from old data.

Example

Example: You ask a service to delete your account and remove your data from backups when possible.