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  The rights you have over your personal data under the GDPR, how to exercise these rights, and more.
  
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  Your rights
  Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights over your personal data:
  Right to be informed: You can obtain information about the processing of your personal data.
  Right of access: You can obtain access to the personal data held about you.
  Right to rectification: You can ask for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected.
  Right to erasure: You can request that personal data be erased when it’s no longer needed or if processing it is unlawful.
  Right to restriction of processing: You can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in specific cases.
  Right to data portability: You can receive your personal data in a machine-readable format and send it to another controller.
  Right to object: You can object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation.
  Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling: You can request that decisions based on your personal data and that significantly affect you are made by natural persons, not only by computers.
  Read Chapter III of the GDPR for more information
  
  Right to be informed
  
  Right of access
  
  Right to rectification
  
  Right to erasure
  
  Right to restriction of processing
  
  Right to data portability
  
  Right to object
  
  Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling
  
  Exercising your rights
  To exercise your rights you should contact the company or organisation processing your personal data, also known as the controller. If the company or organisation has a Data Protection Officer (DPO) you may address your request to the DPO. The company or organisation must respond to your requests without undue delay and at the latest within 1 month.
  If the company or organisation does not intend to comply with your request they must state the reason why. You may be asked to provide information to confirm your identity (for instance by clicking a verification link, entering a username or password) in order to exercise your rights.
  The individuals’ rights provided by the GDPR apply across the EU, regardless of where the data is processed and where the company or organisation is established. These rights also apply when you buy goods and services from non-EU companies operating in the EU.
  
  Read about how companies or organisations should deal with requests concerning the exercise of your rights
  
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  Special categories of personal data

Information for individuals (2025)

Your rights

Right to be informed

Right of access

Right to rectification

Right to erasure

Right to restriction of processing

Right to data portability

Right to object

Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling

Exercising your rights

Consent in data protection

Special categories of personal data