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Artikel 16 AVG (GDPR). Recht op rectificatie

De betrokkene heeft het recht om van de verwerkingsverantwoordelijke onverwijld rectificatie van hem betreffende onjuiste persoonsgegevens te verkrijgen. Met inachtneming van de doeleinden van de verwerking heeft de betrokkene het recht vervollediging van onvolledige persoonsgegevens te verkrijgen, onder meer door een aanvullende verklaring te verstrekken.

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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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Louis-Philippe Gratton
Louis-Philippe Gratton PhD, LLM
Privacy Expert

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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Author
Louis-Philippe Gratton
Louis-Philippe Gratton PhD, LLM
Privacy Expert

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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Author
Louis-Philippe Gratton
Louis-Philippe Gratton PhD, LLM
Privacy Expert
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Siarhei Varankevich
Siarhei Varankevich CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, MBA, FIP
FIP_IAPP
Co-Founder & CEO of Data Privacy Office LLC. Data Protection Trainer and Principal Consultant
ISO 27701

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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