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GDPR for everyday life

Five rights every EU resident has — and how to use them.

Your data, your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any organisation holding your data must, on request:

1. Tell you WHAT data they hold (right of access). 2. Correct it if it's wrong (rectification). 3. Delete it (erasure / 'right to be forgotten'). 4. Export it to you in a portable file (portability). 5. Stop using it for direct marketing.

You exercise these rights by emailing the organisation's Data Protection Officer (DPO). They have one month to respond. If they don't, file a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority — it's free.

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