Litigation Hold on Private Data

The "right to be forgotten" may conflict with laws requiring that evidence be preserved for lawsuits or investigations. Query whether the holders of private data will be able to delete data about consumers when they have some knowledge that the data might be needed for other legal purposes. http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2010/03/plaintiff-policy.html

in reference to:

""right to be forgotten" when their data is no longer needed or they want their data to be deleted"
- Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | EU Commission Says People Have a 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online (view on Google Sidewiki)

--Benjamin Wright