You've hit the nail on the head--infringing on an individual's right to remember something is nuts, but requiring that group entities (governments, corporations

You've hit the nail on the head--infringing on an individual's right to remember something is nuts, but requiring that group entities (governments, corporations, etc.) have certain forms of acute amnesia is quite reasonable. One of the reasons for this is that most of those entities are not able to be reasoned with or to show empathy in any meaningful capacity--they'll bear stances which appear to be petty grudges for years, sometimes decades, because that's the sort of timescale they can operate on. Intuitions for individuals do not and can not apply to organizations.