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Right to be forgotten: ECtHR and CJEU case-law - Joint Factsheet - February 2026 Update

This factsheet examines the "right to be forgotten" within the context of EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights. It emphasizes the intersections of these legal frameworks, with particular attention to case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Overview

This factsheet has been prepared by the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights as part of a collaborative effort to highlight jurisprudence in selected areas where European Union (“EU”) law and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR” or “the Convention”) interact.