RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: A SHORT ANALYSIS Yash Singh Legal Article Fri, May 12, 2023, at ,10:42 AM INTRODUCTIONThe idea of privacy itself has been called into doubt by the internet's growing popularity. Privacy is far more challenging to implement now than it was in the days before the internet and social media. As a result, the debate over the (RTBF) right to be forgotten has lasted a very long period, leading to several significant rulings and laws across the globe.The target often becomes apparent when data is collected, retained, or preserved against a person or group of individuals in the era of data-driven surveillance. The right to be forgotten refers to the ability or competence of persons to limit, de-link, erase, or change the publication of private material on the internet that is misleading, humiliating, irrelevant, or out-of-date.THE ‘RIGHT OF FORGOTTEN’ IN INDIAN CONTEXTThe Information Technology Act of 2000, the country's current data protection law, does not explicitly provide an individual with the right to be forgotten. A person's right to privacy, which is governed by the Personal Data Protection Bill ("the PDP Bill"), which Parliament has not yet approved, includes the right to be forgotten.In its historic judgement in the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, the Supreme Court proclaimed the right to privacy to be a basic right in 2017. The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic component of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as one of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution, according to the court at the time. According to the Orissa High Court in Subhranshu Rout Gugul v. State of Odisha, the most recent version of the PDP Bill recognises the RTBF and gives the right to limit or prevent the ongoing publication of their private information in the following situations: It was made with the consent of the individual whose consent was afterwards withdrawn; it was made in contravention of other provisions of the PDP Bill or another law now in effect; it has served the purpose for which it was gathered or is no longer required for the said purpose. RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILLAs we've already discussed, the parliament is currently considering a bill titled "Right to be Forgotten." The following sections of this law are either directly related to or a bit analogous to the "Right to be forgotten."Section 9 of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 states that the data fiduciary must delete all personal data when processing is finished and must not keep it longer than is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. Every citizen has the right to have personal data that is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was processed, according to Section 18 Clause (d) of this bill. According to Clause 21, the 'Right to be Forgotten' does not require the data principal to ask the data fiduciary to restrict or prevent the dissemination of any personal data, in contrast to the other rights of the data principal. To enforce this Right, the data principal needs just apply to the adjudication officer. CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ‘RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN’ A threat to journalism Violation of Article 19 unreasonable limitations on the right to information The Central Information Commission or the Data Protection Authority should be contacted by a citizen who wants access to such information, however, they are both confusing. SIGNIFICANT JUDICIAL DECISION ON ‘RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN’The Supreme Court ruled in State of Punjab v. Gurmeet Singh and Ors. that anonymity might shield sexual assault victims from social rejection.The Orissa High Court looked at the "Right to be forgotten" as a remedy for the victims of sexually explicit movies or images frequently put on social media for tormenting the victims in Subranshu Raot v. State of Odisha. CONCLUSIONIn India, the "right to be forgotten" is developing freedom. Although some of the other fundamental rights discussed above overlap with this one, it is still a very significant Right in the current modern era. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, leaving a stain on their character, but after a while, when the accused has been released, no one would accept him as they did before. Therefore, there should be a "Right to be Forgotten" so that nobody could ever again question his dignity.REFERENCES 1. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A2000-21_0.pdf, ( last visited 04/05/2023)2. THE INDIAN KANOON, https://indiankanoon.org/doc/6266786/, (last visited 02/05/2023)3. 1996 AIR 1393, 1996 SCC (2) 3844. INDIAN KANOON, https://indiankanoon.org/doc/6266786/, (last visited 03/05/2023)