Legal background Right to erasure of personal data
The EU GDPR was incorporated into UK law at the end of the EU Transition Period under section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA 2018) and modified by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communication (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 under the power in section 8 EUWA 2018 to create the UK GDPR.
	Under Article 17 of the UK GDPR, individuals have the right to have personal data erased unless one of the grounds in Article 17(1) apply. This right does not apply if processing the data is necessary for particular purposes (as set out in Article 17(3)) which includes where processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.