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  • About the Guide to the GDPR
  • What's new
  • Key definitions
    • What is personal data?
    • Controllers and processors
  • Principles
    • Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
    • Purpose limitation
    • Data minimisation
    • Accuracy
    • Storage limitation
    • Integrity and confidentiality (security)
    • Accountability principle
  • Lawful basis for processing
    • Consent
    • Contract
    • Legal obligation
    • Vital interests
    • Public task
    • Legitimate interests
    • Special category data
    • Criminal offence data
  • Individual rights
    • Right to be informed
    • Right of access
    • Right to rectification
    • Right to erasure
    • Right to restrict processing
    • Right to data portability
    • Right to object
    • Rights related to automated decision making including profiling
  • Accountability and governance
    • Contracts
    • Documentation
    • Data protection by design and default
    • Data protection impact assessments
    • Data protection officers
    • Codes of conduct
    • Certification
    • Data protection fee
  • Security
    • Encryption
    • Passwords in online services
  • Personal data breaches
  • International transfers
  • Exemptions

The GDPR provides the following rights for individuals:

  1. The right to be informed
  2. The right of access
  3. The right to rectification
  4. The right to erasure
  5. The right to restrict processing
  6. The right to data portability
  7. The right to object
  8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

This part of the guide explains these rights.

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