How to send a GDPR erasure request (Article 17)

The 'right to be forgotten' is the most powerful tool you have. Here's how to use it in five minutes.

What Article 17 gives you

Any organisation processing your personal data in the EU must erase it on request, unless a narrow legal exception applies. No lawyer needed.

What to include

Your name and enough detail to identify you, a clear statement that you're exercising your Article 17 right to erasure, and a request that they also notify anyone they shared your data with (Article 19).

Generate it instantly

Our free GDPR request generator builds a proper letter in EN/RO/DE/FR/ES that you can copy, download, or send by email.

The one-month clock

They must respond within one month (Article 12(3)). If they don't, you can escalate to your national data protection authority.

Scale it up

One letter is easy. A hundred is not. Privora sends erasure requests across 180+ brokers for you.