Right to Erasure (AI)

The right to erasure — also known as the right to be forgotten — gives individuals the right to request deletion of their personal data held by an organisation. For AI systems, this extends to data used in model training, stored in agent memory systems, retained in audit logs, and processed in retrieval stores. Complying with erasure requests in AI systems is technically complex because personal data may be distributed across multiple stores, embedded in model weights, or referenced in audit trails required for regulatory purposes.