La personne concernée a le droit d’obtenir du responsable du traitement, dans les meilleurs délais, la rectification des données à caractère personnel la concernant qui sont inexactes. Compte tenu des finalités du traitement, la personne concernée a le droit d’obtenir que les données à caractère personnel incomplètes soient complétées, y compris en fournissant une déclaration complémentaire.
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
Dernière version consolidée (Rectificatif, JO L 127 du 23.5.2018, p. 2 (2016/679)). EUR-Lex – 02016R0679-20160504 – FR
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.
ISO/IEC 27701, adopted in 2019, added additional ISO/IEC 27002 guidance for PII controllers.
Here is the relevant paragraph to article 16 GDPR:
7.3.6 Access, correction and/or erasure
Control
The organization should implement policies, procedures and/or mechanisms to meet their obligations to PII principals to access, correct and/or erase their PII.
Implementation guidance
The organization should implement policies, procedures and/or mechanisms for enabling PII principals to obtain access to, correct and erase of their PII, if requested and without undue delay.
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CJEU, Nowak/Data Protection Commissioner, C-434/16 (2017).
The Council of Europe recommended, in 1973, that “inaccurate information” should be corrected in the context of data compiled in electronic data banks (Resolution on the Protection of the Privacy of Individuals vis-a-vis Electronic Data Banks in the Private Sector). So, it is not surprising that the European Union 2016 General Data Protection Regulation provides for a “right to rectification”. The surprise comes from the absence of guidance regarding the rights and responsibilities related to the exercise of that right.
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Data Subject Request Letter Sample
Concern: Request to rectify inaccurate personal data
Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
You have data concerning me that are inaccurate…
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Data Subject Request Letter Sample
Concern: Request to rectify incomplete personal data
Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
You have data concerning me that are incomplete…
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