Guiding Rights – Awaiting Guidelines For Data Subject Rights

The area of individuals' rights under the GDPR is somewhat of a minefield, both for businesses and the individuals themselves. The arrival of the now 2-year-old GDPR not only enhanced existing rights and introduced new rights; it also brought a new level of awareness and activity for individuals. Since then, however, there has been relatively limited guidance published on this important issue. Generally speaking, the past two years has seen more questions than answers around individuals' rights. We look towards future guidance in this area and consider some of the burning questions businesses face.

Getting DSRs right

In January 2020, the 'Head of Activities – Information and Communications', Greet Gysen, at the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a blog post titled 'Getting data subject rights right'. This post signalled the forthcoming arrival of guidelines dealing with a topic of particular interest and relevance to practically all businesses – data