Data Subject Rights
Individual data rights are at the core of all the major pieces of data privacy legislation. They are a bundle of rights aimed at letting individuals exert control over the way that their data is collected, stored, and processed by other parties. Each data right below is substantive enough to consider independently, but seeing the list together provides a useful overview.
Individual data rights are at the core of all the major pieces of data privacy legislation. They are a bundle of rights aimed at letting individuals exert control over the way that their data is collected, stored, and processed by other parties. Each data right below is substantive enough to consider independently, but seeing the list together provides a useful overview. As ever, the ICO has an excellent and comprehensive guide to user data rights on their site.
GDPR contains the most robust set of user data rights of any legislation, which means it offers the most instructive examination. GDPR asserts the following for individuals:
- Right to be informed: the right to know when their data is being collected and used.
- Right of access: the right to access and view the data that an organization has collected on them.
- Right to rectification: the right to correct inaccurate data or complete incomplete data related to them.
- Right to erasure: also known as the “right to be forgotten,” this gives individuals the right to have their personal data erased.
- Right to restriction: the right to limit the ways in which an organization processes their data.
- Right to portability: the right to receive information about their data in a common and portable format, for example a clearly labeled CSV spreadsheet.
- Right to object: the right to stop the processing of their data in certain circumstances, specifically direct marketing.
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Ethyca’s Second P.x Session: From 0 to Full DSR Automation in 15 Minutes
Read MoreEthyca hosted its second P.x session with the Fides Slack Community earlier this week. Our Senior Software Engineer Thomas La Piana gave a live walkthrough of the open-source privacy engineering platform, Fides 2.0. He demonstrated how users can easily deploy Fides and go from 0 to full DSR automation in less than 15 minutes. If you weren’t able to attend, here are the three main points addressed during the session.
Consent Management in Fides 2.0
Read MoreIntroducing consent management in Fides 2.0. With the coming state privacy laws in 2023, your business needs to have granular control over users’ data and their consent preferences. Learn more about how Fides can enable this for your business, for free.
Key Points From Ethyca’s First P.x Session
Read MoreEthyca launched its privacy engineering meetup, P.x, where Fides Slack Community members met and interacted with the Fides developer team. Two of our Senior Software Engineers, Dawn and Steve, gave presentations and demos on the importance of data minimization, and how Fides can make data minimization easier for teams. Here, we’ll recap the three main points of discussion.
Seen And Heard At SOUPS 2022
Read MoreWe enjoyed two great days of security and privacy talks at this year’s Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, aka SOUPS Conference! Presenters from all over the world spoke both in-person and virtually on the latest findings in privacy and security research.
How Do Software Engineers Feel About Data Privacy?
Read MoreAt Ethyca, we believe that software engineers are becoming major privacy stakeholders, but do they feel the same way? To answer this question, we went out and asked 337 software engineers what they think about the state of contemporary privacy… and how they would improve it.
Convenience Is Not The End-Goal Of Privacy Legislation—In The UK Or Anywhere
Read MoreThe UK’s new Data Reform Bill is set to ease data privacy compliance burdens on businesses to enable convenience and spark innovation in the country. We explain why convenience should not be the end result of a country’s privacy legislation.
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