Access to data
Access to personal data should be carefully controlled as there may be a lot of private information which you do not wish to share with other persons or the public at large.
Data users (controllers) must ensure the confidentiality of your personal data. At other times access to data may be necessary to secure other important interests.
Right to access information
There are two perspectives on your right to access data:
- access to someone else’s information
- access to your own information
example You can request access to all of the personal data about you that has been collected, and is stored in a databaseIn addition, a person who wants to make a claim against you may request information about your address from this institution, as a claimant has to indicate a defendant’s address in order to lodge a claim before a court, according to the Code of Civil Procedure. In such a situation, the disclosure of your address restricts your right to control the use of your personal data.
What human rights violation may there be?
About this sectionResources
Law
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Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
In force as of 27 April 2016
Articles 12-15
Articles 12-15
European Convention on Human Rights
In force for Estonia as of 16 April 1996
Articles 8, 10
Articles 8, 10
Other
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Handbook on European data protection law
2018 edition
Joint publication by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe
Joint publication by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe
Human Rights Guide
A European platform for human rights education
