Right to Object
What is Right to Object?
The right of data subjects under GDPR Article 21 to object to processing of their personal data based on legitimate interests or public interest grounds. When exercised for direct marketing purposes, the controller must stop processing immediately.
Terms that appear alongside right to object
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as right to object. The number is how many controls name both.
- data subject 37 shared controls
- data subject rights 33 shared controls
- automated decision making 28 shared controls
- consent 24 shared controls
- gdpr 23 shared controls
- data portability 21 shared controls
- profiling 19 shared controls
- right to be forgotten 14 shared controls
Frameworks that govern right to object
What the standards actually require on right to object
Requirements naming right to object across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Data subjects may object to processing including direct marketing, scientific or statistical research, or processing based on legitimate interest or public task.
Section 32 · Right to Object →The data subject's right to object to the processing of their personal data on legitimate grounds.
MALABO-Art18 · Data Subject Right to Object →Data subjects can object to processing including direct marketing and to decisions based solely on automated processing.
AL-DPA-9 · Right to Object and Automated Decisions →Data subjects can object to processing including direct marketing and to decisions based on automated processing.
AO-PDPL-9 · Right to Object →Right to object to processing. Control from Bahrain PDPL framework, domain: Bahrain PDPL: Data Subject Rights.
BH-PDPL-11 · Right to object to processing →Provides the right to object to processing (including for direct marketing) and sets the procedure and timeframes for exercising data subject rights.
MU-DPA17-s40-41 · Right to object and exercise of rights →Questions people ask about right to object
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