# Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) 17(2) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (17(2)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-17#par-2
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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(2)

Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, 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 copy or replication of, those personal data.


## 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)

- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 July 2015.#Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 8(3)(e) — Sale of counterfeit goods — Right to information in the context of proceedings for infringement of an intellectual property right — Legislation of a Member State which allows banking institutions to refuse a request for** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132361
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 June 2022.#Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Passenger Name Record (PNR) data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(d) – Scope – Directive (EU) 2016/681 – Use of PNR data of air passengers of flights operated between the European Union and third countries – Power to include data of air passengers** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132311
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021.#Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132322
- **Tax data sharing from FIOD criminal probe to Tax Authority not GDPR erasure violation** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125666
- **BVwG - W256 2227693-1** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125664
- **Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51477
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 March 2024.#Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 58(2)(d) and (g) – Powers of the supervisory authority of a Member State – Paragraph 17(1) – Right to e** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132267
- **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 16 July 2015.#Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 8(3)(e) — Sale of counterfeit goods — Right to information in the context of proceedings for infringement of an intellectual property right — Legislation of a Member State which allows banking institutions to refuse a request for** ¶29 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132361
- **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** ¶99 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132304
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 July 2015.#Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 8(3)(e) — Sale of counterfeit goods — Right to information in the context of proceedings for infringement of an intellectual property right — Legislation of a Member State which allows banking institutions to refuse a request for** ¶31 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132361

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