What is the right to be forgotten?
Our lives increasingly unfold online. Search engines index our names; social networks preserve posts and photos; old news articles linger long after the facts are stale. Against that backdrop, many jurisdictions recognise a right to be forgotten law, which is better thought of as a right to erasure or de-indexing that allows people, in defined circumstances, to ask that their personal information be deleted or made less visible. This article explains the concept, its history and purpose, how it interfaces with South African law, the benefits (and limits), and what a practical request typ
