Commission targeted consultation on fair access to financial services for cancer survivors

The useful part

On 29 September 2026, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation on fair access to financial services for cancer survivors. It is an initiative that aims to tackle various aspects of cancer, including improving access to financial services for cancer survivors. Among its many achievements, the cancer plan has played a crucial role in placing the right to be forgotten high on the agenda.

How it works

• Legal frameworks for a right to be forgotten have, to date, been adopted in eleven Member States.
• four Member States have implemented non‑legislative voluntary codes of conduct.
• At EU level, the new Consumer Credit Directive (CCD II) in 2023 marked the integration of the right to be forgotten in EU legislation for the first time.
• The transposition date of the CCD II was 20 November 2025, and the Commission services are currently verifying whether all Member States ha...

What to take from it

It brought cancer organisations, the medical community and the insurance sector together to engage in dialogue on a voluntary stakeholder code of conduct on cancer patients' fair access to financial services by advancing the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors in the EU, supported by the Commission.

Details worth keeping

Background Europe's beating cancer plan was adopted on 3 February 2021. It is up to Member States to decide to reduce this timeframe.