The EU right to be forgotten in a privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction context

One of the most problematic issues currently sweeping data protection debates concerns the right to erasure of one’s personal data. Also known as the right to be forgotten, its recognition has potentially significant implications for human-robot interactions. Starting from the European Union’s increasing focus on recognising and framing this right, this position paper maps the relevance of linking right to be forgotten and privacy-sensitive HRI-fields, identifying relevant research questions along the way.