The Data Protection Act 2018, upholds your rights to your personal data and how it can be processed, stored, and used- whether that’s digitally or in any other form.
You are within your rights to request the information an organisation or company may have stored about you, and you are within your rights to ask for the information to be updated if it’s incorrect. Apart from some exceptional circumstances, you also have the right to have your data deleted entirely from their database and system.
If you want to find out exactly what personal or private data an organisation holds about you, then you can request a copy of the information directly from them.
Simply visit the organisation or company’s website and locate their privacy notice, it’s often noted as a ‘privacy policy’ on their website. Public organisations will have a DPO (Data Protection Officer) listed on their privacy policy or privacy notice, so simply address your email or letter request di...
