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

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

the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Respondent has no right to erasure of personal data** (news) — https://overview.legal/posts/6236

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