Data Subject Rights
This right allows you to find out if a company has your personal information and get a copy of it.
What is the right to access?
Collecting only the data you need is an example of this privacy principle.
What is data minimization?
Under the JDPA, this is the regulator that oversees compliance in Jamaica.
What is the Information Commissioner?
This is the month many countries celebrate Data Privacy Day.
What is January?
The JDPA and GDPR both allow you to request corrections to inaccurate information with this right.
What is the right to rectification?
Under both acts, organizations should only hold personal data for as long as this.
What is necessary (storage limitation)?
Under GDPR, organizations may have to appoint this role to oversee privacy compliance.
What is a Data Protection Officer (DPO)?
You can ask a company to delete your data in certain circumstances using this right, sometimes called “the right to be forgotten.”
What is the right to erasure?
Keeping data accurate and up to date reflects this GDPR and JDPA principle.
What is accuracy?
If there's a breach, the law often requires organizations to notify this person or office.
Who is the regulator (Information Commissioner/Data Protection Authority)?
This right lets you object to your data being used for marketing.
What is the right to object (to processing for direct marketing)?
The obligation to be open and honest about what you do with people's data is known as this.
What is transparency?
These must be carried out when new technology or procedures could threaten people’s privacy.
What are Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)?
Under both laws, you can ask organizations to stop processing your data temporarily using this right.
What is the right to restrict processing?
Organizations must ensure appropriate security to prevent unauthorized access to data, called this principle.
What is integrity and confidentiality (security)?