The Rights that the Data Acts give a
Data subject
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Right To Be Informed
Data controllers, who get
your personal information
must inform you of their
identity and purpose for
keeping your data.
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Right to Establish the Existence of
Personal Data
A written request by the data subject to
establish the existence of personal data by a
firm on a data subject must be replied to
within 21 days, giving a description of such
data and why it is kept.
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Right to have Incorrect Information
removed or corrected
If the data held about someone is
incorrect, then the data subject can
request it be corrected and if the
reason for its collection in the first
place is no longer relevant the data
subject can request it being deleted.
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Right of access to your files
Every data subject has the right to
see what data is held about
him/her. The request for such
information must be in writing and
the company holding the data has
40 days to reply. This right does
not apply to data held by the
guards.
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Right to compensation
If someone has been harmed due to
inaccurate data held about them,
they have a right to compensation
from the company which held the
data.
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