Your Right to Compensation

Your Right to Compensation If you have suffered material or non-material damage as a result of an infringement of the GDPR by a data controller or processor then you have the right to seek compensation in the courts. Material harm is usually something that has quantifiable monetary value: loss of assets in a case of […]

Your Right to an Effective Judicial Remedy

Your Right to an Effective Judicial Remedy You have a right to an effective judicial remedy. This means if you feel your personal data is being processed in a manner which does not comply with the GDPR then you can seek remedy in the courts. Importantly, this right is available to you “without prejudice” to […]

Your Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Your Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority As a data subject you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. This right is set out in Article 77 of the GDPR. The full text of […]

Your Right to Contact the DPO

Your Right to Contact the Data Protection Officer This piece was written by Fred Logue of FP Logue Solicitors and first published on LinkedIn. It is reproduced here with permission. As a data subject you have the right to contact the Data Protection Officer of an organisation which is processing personal data concerning you. This […]

Your Right to Withdraw Consent

Your Right to Withdraw Consent As a data subject you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, if your data is being processed using consent as the legal basis. In order for an organisation to process your personal data using consent as its legal basis, your consent must be freely given.If there […]

Your Right to Object to Automated Processing

Your Right not not be subject to Automated Processing As a data subject you have the right not to be subject to a decision made solely by automated means without human intervention, for example through the use of algorithms. This right is set out in Article of 22 of the GDPR which is shown in […]

Your Right to Restrict Processing

Your Right to Restrict Processing As a data subject you have the right to restrict processing in certain circumstances. Some circumstances in which you might want to request restriction of processing include when the accuracy of personal data is in dispute when it is unclear when or if personal data about you will be deleted […]

Your Right to Data Portability

Your Right to Data Portability As a data subject you have the right to request that the data controller gives you your personal data so you can move it to another controller. You can think of it as roughly similar to your ability to ask your mobile network operator to port your number to another […]

Your Right to Object

Your Right to Object As a data subject you have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you if your data is being used for direct marketing your data is being used for automated decision making, including profiling, where no human intervention or review will take place your data is being […]

Your Right to Erasure

Your Right to Erasure As a data subject you have the right to erasure in certain circumstances. This is commonly referred to as the right to be forgotten. The most common circumstances in which a data controller is obliged to delete your personal data will be if they hold information about you which they no […]