Belgium reduces waiting period for cancer survivorsโ€™ โ€œright to be forgottenโ€ [Advocacy Lab Content]

A shift in financial discrimination against cancer survivors is set to take place in Belgium. From January 2025, the maximum waiting period for cancer survivors to exercise their “right to be forgotten” will be reduced from eight years to five.

Google stops notifying publishers of โ€˜right to be forgottenโ€™ removals from search results

Move comes after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content is breach of privacyGoogle has quietly stopped telling publishers when it has removed websites from its search results under European โ€œright to be forgottenโ€ rules af…

Czech health insurers agree to โ€˜forgetโ€™ cancer survivorsโ€™ former diagnoses

Czech health insurance providers will not be able to penalise patients based on previous cancer diagnoses if they have successfully completed treatment, following a deal based on the โ€œright to be forgottenโ€ by ministers and insurance companies.ย 

Oncological right to be forgotten remains an unresolved issue in the EU

Despite efforts by EU Institutions, only seven EU countries recognise the โ€˜right to be forgottenโ€™ for former cancer patients. Cancer survivors therefore continue to experience difficulties in accessing financial services like insurance or mortgages, ye…