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On May 25, 2018, a new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)<\/a> law came into existence across the EU region. This is Europe\u2019s new privacy law replacing the old 1995 Data Protection Directive. Since it came into action it is being hailed as the biggest change in data protection in 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Why GDPR was imposed?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Due to the technology evolution digital transformation has become critical for organizations. Every business small or big is taking everything online. Subsequently the amount of data generated, created, and stored began skyrocketing. GDPR is a medium to address the challenges in sharing, storing, and using the data to streamline and bring transparency in the cross-border business. GDPR gives businesses an upper hand in controlling and managing enterprise-wide data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, along with new rules to use and guard the data, there came new GDPR rights to handle the data. In this blog, we will be concentrating on the GDPR rights that every organization needs to know beforehand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GDPR rights for every data subject and individuals<\/b><\/h2>\n

One of the major achievements in Europe\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to ensure complete protection of the subject’s data. GDPR ensures the protection and privacy of the data by giving data subjects certain rights. Using these rights, the data subject can make a specific request to stay assured of the safety and privacy of his\/her data. Now data subject before providing any personal or sensitive information can ascertain that his\/her data will not be misused for any purpose other than the primary objective for which it is being collected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the GDPR rights that everyone must be aware of\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Right of Access<\/b><\/h3>\n

As per Article-15 of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to access – the right to obtain information from the data controller regarding details of the data collected from them. In short, if an organization or an entity collects; personally identifiable information from the data subject, then he\/she has the right to ask for access of the same data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is it?<\/b><\/p>\n

According to Article-15, the data subject if needs can confirm with the data controller if their data is being processed or not. If yes, then the requestor, if intends has the right to know\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n