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Individual Rights
The DPA gives you certain rights in respect of personal data held about you. These are:
a. The right to subject access (section 7 to 9);
b. The right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress (section 10);
c. The right to prevent processing for the purposes of direct marketing (section 11).
d. Rights in relation to automated decision taking (section 12);
e. The right to take action for compensation if an individual suffers damage by any contravention of the Act by the data controller (section 13); and
f. The right to take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy inaccurate data (section 14, section 12A and section 62 respectively).
The right of subject access, which gives you the right to access data about you held by another is covered in the Right to Know Section . This section covers the other individual rights in the DPA.
a. The right to subject access (section 7 to 9);
b. The right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress (section 10);
c. The right to prevent processing for the purposes of direct marketing (section 11).
d. Rights in relation to automated decision taking (section 12);
e. The right to take action for compensation if an individual suffers damage by any contravention of the Act by the data controller (section 13); and
f. The right to take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy inaccurate data (section 14, section 12A and section 62 respectively).
The right of subject access, which gives you the right to access data about you held by another is covered in the Right to Know Section . This section covers the other individual rights in the DPA.
