Data protection laws and your rights

If a company or organisation collects or processes your personal data, you have various rights.

Right to information

You have the right to know what information the government and other institutions have about you. This includes the right to:

• get information about how your information is used

• correcting incorrect information

• stop or limit the processing of your information

Copy of information

To monitor whether and how your personal data is collected or used by an organisation, you can:

• check the terms before you give access to personal data, for example when you download apps on the phone or sign a contract

• ask an institution and company about the collection and use of personal data

If a company or organization has personal information about you, you can request access to your personal information.

Delete, transfer and object to the use of personal data

In addition, you also have the right to:

• have information deleted

• transfer information - a right that allows you to obtain and reuse your information for different services

• object to the processing of your information in certain circumstances

You also have rights when your personal data is used by a company:

• for automatic decision-making without human input

• in an analysis, for example to predict behaviour or interests