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

> Focused context for a single provision (17(b)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-17#par-1-pnt-b
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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(b)

the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Consent** — https://overview.legal/topics/toestemming
  Freely given, specific, informed indication of data subject wishes

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022.#Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry serv** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132304
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022.#Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry serv** ¶63 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132304
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022.#Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry serv** ¶66 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132304
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126050
- **EDPB Annual Report 2022** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125861
- **Opinion 3/2019 concerning the Questions and Answers on the interplay between the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) and the General Data Protection regulation (GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126252
- **Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38053
- **EDPB Annual Report 2021** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125941
- **Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679** §118 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38053
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)** §166 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126050

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