EDPB Guidelines on right to be forgotten

Guidelines 5/2019 on the criteria of the Right to be Forgotten in the search engines cases under the GDPR (part 1)

The guidelines focus on the interpretation of the right to be forgotten in the context of search engines, as established by the CJEU Costeja judgment and Article 17 of the GDPR. It outlines the obligations of search engine providers to erase links to web pages from search results based on a person's name, while also considering the rights to object and to erasure under GDPR Articles 17 and 21. Additionally, the document discusses the distinctions between data processing by search engines and third-party websites, the limitations of delisting in not erasing data completely, and exceptional cases where complete erasure in indexes or caches is necessary, concluding with an overview of grounds for delisting requests and exceptions to the right to request delisting.