Strengthened "Right to Be Forgotten" Is Now Permanent in E.U., and Will Likely Affect U.S.

Passage of a new General Data Protection Regulation by the Parliament of the European Union means that "the right to be forgotten," created in a 2014 decision by the European Court of Justice, is now a permanent part of EU law. And the new regulation includes specific language to apply to any website in the world that includes or handles data from EU residents, including those based in the United States.