# Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) 17(a) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (17(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-17#par-1-pnt-a
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Part of **Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-17).

## Provision text

### 17(a)

the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **GC - T-318/24** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122878
- **OVG Berlin - OVG 3 S 24/20** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184573
- **VG Stuttgart - 1 K 12737/25** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184726
- **EDPB Annual Report 2021** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125941
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2022 on the Proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125945
- **Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126202

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