Right to erasure
The ability to request that an organisation delete personal data it holds about you.
For example
Asking an app you no longer use to delete your account and data.
Learn it through a story
- The Data Privacy Clause Nobody Reads (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 8)
Related terms
- Responsible disclosure Reporting a security flaw quietly to whoever can fix it, instead of exploiting or publicising it.
- Restore To bring back files from a backup after losing the originals.
- Revocation The ability to invalidate a specific already-issued token before its natural expiry.
- Rogue access point Any unauthorised wifi hardware set up where it doesn't belong, evil twin or otherwise.
- Roll back Return to an earlier, trusted version.
- Root cause The underlying reason behind a problem, as opposed to its visible symptoms.