Generally, if your personal data is being processed to be used in the public interest, or if you are under legal obligation, your right to be forgotten does not apply:
- If your data is used to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information;
- If your data is used to comply with a legal ruling or obligation;
- If your data is used to perform a task in the public interest, or when exercising an organisation’s official authority;
- If the data is needed for public health purposes and serves in the public interest;
- If the data is necessary to perform preventative or occupational medicine (but this only applies when processed by a health professional who is subject to a legal obligation);
- If the data represents important information serving the public interest, scientific research, historical research, or statistical research. The deletion of your data must then be likely to impair or halt progress towards achieving a set goal;
- If the data is used for establishment of a legal defence, or in the exercise of other legal claims;
- If the request is deemed ‘manifestly unfounded’ or ‘excessive’;
- This is assessed on a case by case basis. Provided the request isn’t submitted to cause disruption to or elicit money from an organisation, it is unlikely to be ‘manifestly unfounded’ or ‘excessive’.