Your privacy rights regarding an archive
When an organisation processes your personal data, you have a number of privacy rights. These rights can be found in the privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But if the personal data have been stored in a governmental archive, these rights are a little different. On this page you can read what rights you have and do not have.
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Right of access
You have a right of access to your data in the archive. But in that case, you will have to indicate what exactly you want access to. You are not allowed access to the entire archive without reason.
Right to rectification
Has incorrect information about you been stored in the archive? Then you can indicate this. Your data will not be modified. But a notification stating how you feel about this will be added in the archive.
Right to erasure of data
You do not have a right to have your personal data removed (erased) from the archive unless the archiving in the public interest is not jeopardised by the removal of your data.
Right to restriction of processing
Do you feel that data in the archive are incorrect? Then the archiving organisation does not have to stop using your data. You can indicate, though, that the archive contains incorrect information about you. In that case, a notification stating how you feel about this will be added in the archive.
Right to data portability
You do not have a right to data portability if your data have been stored in a governmental archive. This means that you cannot have your data transferred to another organisation or to yourself.
Right to object
You can object to the archiving of your data because of your special personal circumstances. In that case, the archiving organisation will have to weigh up your interest against the interest in retaining the data.
Privacy rights before archiving
Have your data not yet been transferred to a governmental archive? Then you can use your normal privacy rights. You can find more information at Privacy rights under the GDPR.