The right to removal in the time of post-google Spain: myth or reality under general data protection regulation?

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After the Google Spain judgment, removal of personal data has become a more significant and controversial topic in this era of digitalisation. Then, Article 17 of General Data Protection Regulation introduced ‘the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)’ for the first time including the grounds for its exercise, obligation of the controller for taking reasonable steps to inform other controllers and derogations from its application. Hence, this article aims to examine the right to removal, as a recommended concept rather than the right to erasure or the right to be forgotten, based on its territorial and material context besides striking a fair balance related to its derogations under GDPR in a period of post-Google Spain.