Restriction of Processing
What is Restriction of Processing?
The right of individuals to request that a controller limit the processing of their personal data under certain circumstances defined in privacy law.
Terms that appear alongside restriction of processing
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as restriction of processing. The number is how many controls name both.
- data subject 9 shared controls
- right to restriction 8 shared controls
- right to object 7 shared controls
- data portability 7 shared controls
- automated decision making 7 shared controls
- consent 6 shared controls
- data subject rights 6 shared controls
- profiling 5 shared controls
Frameworks that govern restriction of processing
What the standards actually require on restriction of processing
Requirements naming restriction of processing across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Restrict processing on request where the data subject contests the accuracy of the data, for a period enabling the controller to verify it; where the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes erasure and asks for restriction instead;
GDPR-Art.18 · Right to restriction of processing →Entitles the data subject to obtain rectification of inaccurate data, erasure, or restriction of processing in specified circumstances.
MU-DPA17-s39 · Rectification, erasure or restriction of processing →Data subjects may request restriction of processing pending accuracy verification, unlawful processing claims, or pending objection decisions.
Section 34 · Right to Restriction of Processing →The right to request blocking (restriction) of processing in defined circumstances.
CL21719-A8ter · Right to Block Processing (Art. 8 ter) →Art.29 right to object; Art.30 restriction of processing; Art.31 automated individual decision-making with the right to obtain human intervention and contest the decision; Art.32 right to data portability.
ETH-PDPP-Art.29-32 · Right to object, restriction, automated decision-making, portability →Kuwait KDPPR Article 3 Data Subject Rights (modeled on GDPR Articles 12-22 + GCC convergence): (1) Right to Information about processing including identity of Controller + Processor + purposes + lawful basis + recipients + retention;
KDPPR-Data-Subject-Rights-Access-Correction-Erasure-Object-Restriction-Portability-Withdrawal-Article-3 · Kuwait KDPPR Data Subject Rights + Access + Correction + Erasure + Withdrawal of Consent →Questions people ask about restriction of processing
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