Article 16 – Right to rectification
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
This article of the General Data Protection Regulation is addressed in recital (65) of the GDPR.*
* The reference between articles and recitals is based on the professional assessment of activeMind.legal.
Content of the GDPR
CHAPTER I – General provisions (Art. 1 - 4)
CHAPTER II – Principles (Art. 5 – 11)
- Article 5 - Principles relating to processing of personal data
- Article 6 - Lawfulness of processing
- Article 7 - Conditions for consent
- Article 8 - Conditions applicable to child's consent in relation to information society services
- Article 9 - Processing of special categories of personal data
- Article 10 - Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences
- Article 11 - Processing which does not require identification
CHAPTER III – Rights of the data subject (Art. 12 - 23)
Section 1 - Transparency and modalities
Section 2 – Information and access to personal data
- Article 13 – Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
- Article 14 – Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
- Article 15 – Right of access by the data subject
Section 3 – Rectification and erasure
- Article 16 – Right to rectification
- Article 17 – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
- Article 18 – Right to restriction of processing
- Article 19 – Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
- Article 20 – Right to data portability
Section 4 – Right to object and automated individual decision-making
Section 5 – Restrictions
CHAPTER IV – Controller and processor (Art. 24 - 43)
Section 1 – General obligations
- Article 24 – Responsibility of the controller
- Article 25 – Data protection by design and by default
- Article 26 – Joint controllers
- Article 27 – Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union
- Article 28 – Processor
- Article 29 – Processing under the authority of the controller or processor
- Article 30 – Records of processing activities
- Article 31 – Cooperation with the supervisory authority
Section 2 - Security of personal data
- Article 32 – Security of processing
- Article 33 – Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority
- Article 34 – Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
Section 3 - Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation
Section 4 - Data protection officer
- Article 37 – Designation of the data protection officer
- Article 38 – Position of the data protection officer
- Article 39 – Tasks of the data protection officer
Section 5 - Codes of conduct and certification
CHAPTER V – Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations (Art. 44 - 50)
- Article 44 – General principle for transfers
- Article 45 – Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision
- Article 46 – Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
- Article 47 – Binding corporate rules
- Article 48 – Transfers or disclosures not authorised by Union law
- Article 49 – Derogations for specific situations
- Article 50 – International cooperation for the protection of personal data
CHAPTER VI – Independent supervisory authorities (Art. 51 – 59)
Section 1 - Independent status
- Article 51 – Supervisory authority
- Article 52 – Independence
- Article 53 – General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority
- Article 54 – Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority
Section 2 - Competence, tasks and powers
CHAPTER VII – Cooperation and consistency (Art. 60 – 76)
Section 1 - Cooperation
- Article 60 – Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned
- Article 61 – Mutual assistance
- Article 62 – Joint operations of supervisory authorities
Section 2 - Consistency
- Article 63 – Consistency mechanism
- Article 64 – Opinion of the Board
- Article 65 – Dispute resolution by the Board
- Article 66 – Urgency procedure
- Article 67 – Exchange of information
Section 3 - European data protection board
CHAPTER VIII – Remedies, liability and penalties (Art. 77 – 84)
- Article 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- Article 78 – Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority
- Article 79 – Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor
- Article 80 – Representation of data subjects
- Article 81 – Suspension of proceedings
- Article 82 – Right to compensation and liability
- Article 83 – General conditions for imposing administrative fines
- Article 84 – Penalties
CHAPTER IX – Provisions relating to specific processing situations (Art. 85 – 91)
- Article 85 – Processing and freedom of expression and information
- Article 86 – Processing and public access to official documents
- Article 87 – Processing of the national identification number
- Article 88 – Processing in the context of employment
- Article 89 – Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes
- Article 90 – Obligations of secrecy
- Article 91 – Existing data protection rules of churches and religious association
CHAPTER X – Delegated acts and implementing acts (Art. 92 – 93)
CHAPTER XI – Final provisions (Art. 94 – 99)
