# Article 17. Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)

Source: https://conformitate.md/en/law-195-2024/article-17
Law version: 2026-10-15 · Official source: legis.md (https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=144681&lang=ro)
Notice: The Romanian and Russian texts are those published in Monitorul Oficial. This English text is an unofficial translation by conformitate.md and has no legal force. Not an official publication. The Law was published in Monitorul Oficial No. 367-369/2024, art. 574.

Chapter III · Section 3

(1) 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:

a) the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed;

b) the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to art. 6(1)(a) or art. 9(2)(a), and there is no other legal basis for the processing;

c) the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to art. 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to art. 21(2);

d) the personal data have been unlawfully processed;

e) the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation of the controller under normative acts;

f) the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in art. 8(1).

(2) Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph (1) to erase them, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable measures, 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 copies or replications of, those personal data.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

a) for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;

b) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

c) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and art. 9(3);

d) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with art. 54(1) in so far as the right referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing;

e) for the establishment, exercise or defence of a right in administrative, judicial or out-of-court proceedings.

Related topics [Data subject rights](https://conformitate.md/en/law-195-2024/data-subject-rights)

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