Italy passes right to be forgotten for cancer survivors

According to the law, approved on Aug 3, people who have recovered from cancer would no longer be required to provide information relating to previous illnesses when stipulating contracts for banking, financial, insurance, or employment services. Only a few EU countries recognise the RTBF for former cancer patients—France in 2016, Belgium in 2019, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 2020, Portugal in 2021, Romania in 2022, and Spain this year. [...]many cancer survivors continue to experience difficulties in accessing financial services such as insurance or mortgages, years after successfully completed treatment. According to Petrini, the RTBF also corresponds to an increasingly deep-rooted awareness that the health dimension and the social dimension are closely intertwined.