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Data Subject

What is Data Subject?

An identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is being processed. Under GDPR, data subjects have extensive rights including access, rectification, erasure, and portability.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data subject. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on data subject

Requirements naming data subject across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

GDPR29 controls

Where a personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, communicate the breach to the affected data subjects without undue delay, describing in clear and plain language the nature of the breach and giving...

GDPR-Art.34 · Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject

A data subject or relevant person may submit a request to any holder, controller or processor to exercise their rights under the Law, and the holder/controller/processor must reply within six working days of submission.

EGY-PDPL-Art.32 · Requests by data subjects
PDPA Thailand15 controls

Where a breach is likely to result in high risk to rights and freedoms of data subjects, controllers must notify affected individuals with remedial measures.

Section 37(4) · Breach Notification to Data Subjects

Per nFADP: data subject rights including access + rectification + erasure + restriction + portability + object + automated decision review.

SWISSNFADP-3 · Data Subject Rights

Per CIA: data subject rights including access + correction + restriction + automated decision review.

KRCRED-3 · Data Subject Rights

Questions people ask about data subject

What is Data Subject?
An identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is being processed. Under GDPR, data subjects have extensive rights including access, rectification, erasure, and portability.
Why is Data Subject important for compliance?
Data Subject is a key concept in Privacy. Understanding data subject helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Subject?
Data Subject appears in the requirement text of GDPR, Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Egypt Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020), PDPA Thailand, Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023). Across these standards we have identified 101 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Subject?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data subject applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Data Subject applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.