[Crosseye_Jack]

Taken form the UKs ICO

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...

> When does the right to erasure not apply?

> The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary for one of the following reasons:

> …

> for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific research, historical research or statistical purposes where erasure is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of that processing

So Internet Archive is prob covered under archiving in the public interest. But don’t IA remove pages upon request?

[arunnanda]

Do they delete old records of a website if the site owner simply asks for it, or do they need any substantial reasons to do so?

[Crosseye_Jack]

You just need to ask and they will remove it.

https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-request-to-remove-som...

[mattmanser]

Of course it isn't. Archiving Trump's tweets would be in the public interest, but not Joe Blogg's. That's not what public interest means.