Data rights
Data — complaint to the supervisory authority
Complain to the data protection regulator when a request is ignored or refused.
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The authority in the preview
It cites the article, not the act.
A document has to name the provision it relies on or it gets filed. These are the citations the sample evaluation put into the letter above; a real claim substitutes the ones its own regimes produced.
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 15General Data Protection RegulationArt. 15(1)–(3)
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 12(3)General Data Protection RegulationArt. 12(3)
Where it comes from
The laws that can produce this document.
A rule module declares the documents its evaluation can render into. These are the regimes in the current catalogue that offer this one — each with its own citations, deadlines and escalation ladder.
EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) — GDPR as incorporated into the EEA AgreementEEASupranational — 3 countriesRegulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) as incorporated into the EEA AgreementConfidence: highEU General Data Protection RegulationEUSupranational — 30 countriesRegulation (EU) 2016/679, Arts. 15–21Confidence: highRussia — Federal Law 152-FZ on Personal DataRUNational — RussiaФедеральный закон от 27.07.2006 № 152-ФЗ «О персональных данных», ст. 14, 20, 21Confidence: mediumSwitzerland Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP)CHNational — SwitzerlandFederal Act on Data Protection (FADP, SR 235.1), Art. 25Confidence: mediumTürkiye — Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK)TRNational — TürkiyeKişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu No. 6698, Arts. 11, 13, 14Confidence: mediumUK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018GBNational — United KingdomUK GDPR Arts. 15–21 and Data Protection Act 2018Confidence: mediumCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA)US-CASub-national — United StatesCal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq. (California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the CPRA)Confidence: highCanada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents ActCANational — CanadaPersonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5Confidence: mediumColorado Privacy ActUS-COSub-national — United StatesColo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-1301 et seq. (Colorado Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumConnecticut Data Privacy ActUS-CTSub-national — United StatesConn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. (Connecticut Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumDelaware Personal Data Privacy ActUS-DESub-national — United StatesDel. Code tit. 6, ch. 12D (Personal Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumIndiana Consumer Data Protection ActUS-INSub-national — United StatesInd. Code art. 24-15 (Consumer Data Protection)Confidence: mediumIowa Consumer Data Protection ActUS-IASub-national — United StatesIowa Code ch. 715D (Consumer Data Protection)Confidence: mediumKentucky Consumer Data Protection ActUS-KYSub-national — United StatesKy. Rev. Stat. § 367.3611 et seq. (Consumer Data Protection)Confidence: mediumMaryland Online Data Privacy ActUS-MDSub-national — United StatesMd. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq. (Online Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumMinnesota Consumer Data Privacy ActUS-MNSub-national — United StatesMinn. Stat. ch. 325O (Consumer Data Privacy)Confidence: mediumMontana Consumer Data Privacy ActUS-MTSub-national — United StatesMont. Code Ann. § 30-14-2801 et seq. (Consumer Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumNebraska Data Privacy ActUS-NESub-national — United StatesNeb. Rev. Stat. § 87-1101 et seq. (Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumNew Hampshire Data Privacy ActUS-NHSub-national — United StatesN.H. Rev. Stat. ch. 507-H (Expectation of Privacy)Confidence: mediumNew Jersey Data Privacy ActUS-NJSub-national — United StatesN.J.S.A. 56:8-166.4 et seq. (Data Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumOregon Consumer Privacy ActUS-ORSub-national — United StatesOr. Rev. Stat. § 646A.570 et seq. (Oregon Consumer Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumQuebec — Law 25 (Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector)CA-QCSub-national — CanadaAct respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, CQLR c. P-39.1 (as amended by Law 25)Confidence: mediumRhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection ActUS-RISub-national — United StatesR.I. Gen. Laws § 6-48.1-1 et seq. (Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act)Confidence: mediumTennessee Information Protection ActUS-TNSub-national — United StatesTenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-3201 et seq. (Information Protection Act)Confidence: mediumTexas Data Privacy and Security ActUS-TXSub-national — United StatesTex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.001 et seq. (Data Privacy and Security Act)Confidence: mediumUtah Consumer Privacy ActUS-UTSub-national — United StatesUtah Code § 13-61-101 et seq. (Utah Consumer Privacy Act)Confidence: mediumVirginia Consumer Data Protection ActUS-VASub-national — United StatesVa. Code § 59.1-575 et seq. (Consumer Data Protection Act)Confidence: mediumArgentina — Ley 25.326 de Protección de los Datos PersonalesARNational — ArgentinaLey 25.326 de Protección de los Datos Personales, arts. 14, 16, 33Confidence: mediumBrazil Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD)BRNational — BrazilLei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, Lei nº 13.709/2018, Art. 18Confidence: mediumColombia — Ley 1581 de 2012 (Habeas Data)CONational — ColombiaLey 1581 de 2012 y Decreto 1074 de 2015, arts. 14 y 15Confidence: mediumMexico — Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los ParticularesMXNational — MexicoLey Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los ParticularesConfidence: mediumPeru — Ley 29733 de Protección de Datos PersonalesPENational — PeruLey 29733, Ley de Protección de Datos Personales (Peru)Confidence: lowUruguay — Ley 18.331 and the URCDPUYNational — UruguayLey 18.331 de Protección de Datos Personales y Acción de Habeas Data (Uruguay)Confidence: lowEgypt — Data Protection Law 151 of 2020 (executive regulations pending)EGNational — EgyptLaw No. 151 of 2020 on the Protection of Personal Data (Egypt)Confidence: lowGhana — Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843)GHNational — GhanaData Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) (Ghana)Confidence: lowKenya — Data Protection Act 2019 and the ODPCKENational — KenyaData Protection Act, No. 24 of 2019 (Kenya)Confidence: mediumMorocco — Loi 09-08 and the CNDPMANational — MoroccoLoi n° 09-08 relative à la protection des personnes physiques à l'égard du traitement des données à caractère personnelConfidence: lowNigeria — Data Protection Act 2023 and the NDPCNGNational — NigeriaNigeria Data Protection Act 2023Confidence: mediumRwanda — Law 058/2021 on the protection of personal data and privacyRWNational — RwandaLaw No. 058/2021 relating to the protection of personal data and privacy (Rwanda)Confidence: lowSouth Africa Protection of Personal Information ActZANational — South AfricaProtection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, ss. 23–25Confidence: lowUganda — Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019UGNational — UgandaData Protection and Privacy Act 2019 (Uganda)Confidence: lowZambia — Data Protection Act 2021ZMNational — ZambiaData Protection Act No. 3 of 2021 (Zambia)Confidence: lowAbu Dhabi Global Market — Data Protection Regulations 2021AE-ADGMSub-national — United Arab EmiratesADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021Confidence: mediumBahrain — Personal Data Protection Law No. 30 of 2018BHNational — BahrainPersonal Data Protection Law, Law No. 30 of 2018 (Bahrain)Confidence: lowDubai International Financial Centre — DIFC Data Protection Law 2020AE-DIFCSub-national — United Arab EmiratesDIFC Data Protection Law, DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020Confidence: mediumIsrael — Protection of Privacy Law (as amended by Amendment 13)ILNational — Israelחוק הגנת הפרטיות, התשמ"א-1981 (Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981), ss. 13–14Confidence: mediumKuwait — CITRA Data Privacy Protection Regulation (no general statute)KWNational — KuwaitCITRA Data Privacy Protection RegulationConfidence: lowOman — Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree 6/2022)OMNational — OmanPersonal Data Protection Law, Royal Decree No. 6/2022 (Oman)Confidence: lowQatar — Personal Data Privacy Protection Law No. 13 of 2016QANational — QatarLaw No. 13 of 2016 concerning Personal Data Privacy ProtectionConfidence: lowSaudi Arabia — Personal Data Protection Law and Implementing RegulationsSANational — Saudi ArabiaPersonal Data Protection Law, Royal Decree M/19 of 1443H as amended by Royal Decree M/148 of 1444HConfidence: mediumUnited Arab Emirates — Federal Decree-Law 45 of 2021 (rights pending Executive Regulations)AENational — United Arab EmiratesFederal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal DataConfidence: lowIndia Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023INNational — IndiaDigital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (No. 22 of 2023), ss. 11–14Confidence: mediumIndonesia — Personal Data Protection Law 27/2022IDNational — IndonesiaUndang-Undang No. 27 Tahun 2022 tentang Pelindungan Data PribadiConfidence: mediumJapan Act on the Protection of Personal InformationJPNational — JapanAct on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003), Arts. 33–35Confidence: lowMalaysia — Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (as amended 2024)MYNational — MalaysiaPersonal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) (Malaysia), as amended by Act A1717 of 2024Confidence: mediumChina — Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)CNNational — China中华人民共和国个人信息保护法 (Personal Information Protection Law), Arts. 44–50, 69Confidence: mediumPhilippines — Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the National Privacy CommissionPHNational — PhilippinesRepublic Act No. 10173 — Data Privacy Act of 2012Confidence: mediumSouth Korea Personal Information Protection ActKRNational — South KoreaPersonal Information Protection Act (Act No. 10465), Arts. 35–37, 39Confidence: lowSingapore — Personal Data Protection Act 2012SGNational — SingaporePersonal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore), ss. 21, 22, 48OConfidence: mediumTaiwan — Personal Data Protection ActTWNational — Taiwan個人資料保護法 (Personal Data Protection Act), Arts. 3, 13, 28Confidence: mediumThailand — Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562THNational — ThailandPersonal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (Thailand), ss. 30–36, 78Confidence: mediumVietnam — Decree 13/2023 on Personal Data ProtectionVNNational — VietnamNghị định 13/2023/NĐ-CP về bảo vệ dữ liệu cá nhânConfidence: mediumAustralia Privacy Act 1988AUNational — AustraliaPrivacy Act 1988 (Cth), Australian Privacy Principles 12 and 13Confidence: mediumNew Zealand — Privacy Act 2020NZNational — New ZealandPrivacy Act 2020 (New Zealand), IPP 6, ss. 40, 92 and 123Confidence: medium
The rest of the sequence
Documents are written to be worked through in order: the opening demand, then the answer to whatever they refuse with, then the escalation. Sending the last one first usually costs you the first two.
Data — subject access requestRequest a copy of the personal data an organisation holds about you.data.access-request8 languages30-day reply windowData — erasure requestAsk an organisation to delete the personal data it holds about you.data.erasure-request8 languages30-day reply windowData — portability requestGet your data in a machine-readable format you can take elsewhere.data.portability-request8 languages30-day reply windowData — opt out of sale or sharingDirect a business to stop selling or sharing your personal information.data.optout-sale8 languages15-day reply window
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