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Data Subject Rights

What is Data Subject Rights?

The legal rights granted to individuals regarding their personal data, including access, rectification, erasure, portability, and objection.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on data subject rights

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

Per Saudi PDPL: data subject rights including access + rectification + erasure + portability + restriction.

SAUDIPDPL-3 · Data Subject Rights

Georgia DPL Data Subject Rights (Articles 21-26 - GDPR Chapter III aligned post-2023). RIGHTS: (1) RIGHT TO INFORMATION + TRANSPARENCY (Art. 21) - clear + accessible + at-collection notice; (2) RIGHT OF ACCESS (Art.

GeDPL-DataSubjectRights · Data Subject Rights (Access, Rectification, Erasure, Restriction, Portability, Objection, ADM)

Ghana DPA 2012 Data Subject Rights (Sec.30-38). RIGHTS: (1) RIGHT TO INFORMATION (Sec.30) - clear privacy notice + collection-time information;

GhDPA-DataSubjectRights · Data Subject Rights (Access, Rectification, Erasure, Objection, Portability) (Sec 30-38)

Sections 13-14 and 23A-23C of POPL 5741-1981 establish data subject rights with Amendment 13 enhancements. (1) Section 13 Right of Inspection/Access: every person who has been registered in a database has the right to inspect any information about themselves i...

IsraelPPL-DataSubjectRights-Access-Correction-Information-Delivery-Sec13-14-23A-23C-Subject-Notification · Israel POPL Data Subject Rights - Section 13 Right of Access + Section 14 Right of Correction + Section 23A-C Prohibition on Information Delivery + Notice Obligation + Right to Object + Amendment 13 Enhancements

Questions people ask about data subject rights

What is Data Subject Rights?
The legal rights granted to individuals regarding their personal data, including access, rectification, erasure, portability, and objection.
Why is Data Subject Rights important for compliance?
Data Subject Rights is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data subject rights 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 Rights?
Data Subject Rights appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Saudi Arabia PDPL, Georgia Law on Personal Data Protection (2012), Ghana Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843), Israel Protection of Privacy Law (5741-1981). Across these standards we have identified 33 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Subject Rights?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data subject rights 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 Rights 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.