Before you read
This site is NOT legal advice, and using it creates no lawyer and client relationship. It is a set of findings, checked against published sources and dated, that may help software developers and other individuals. For a decision that matters, ask a qualified lawyer in the country concerned.
My rights
Privacy laws differ, but most of them give people a similar set of rights. This table shows which rights each covered law grants, and links to the details. It grows as countries are added.
| Right | What it lets you do | European Union | United Kingdom | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Be told who holds your data, why, and for how long | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access | Get a copy of your data | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Correction | Have wrong data fixed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deletion | Have data removed, in the cases the law lists | Yes | Yes | Through the civil courts |
| Restriction | Have use of your data paused | Yes | Yes | Through the civil courts |
| Portability | Take your data to another service | Yes | Yes | Yes, in some cases |
| Objection | Say no to some uses, including direct marketing | Yes | Yes | Through the civil courts |
| Human decision | Be protected from significant decisions made solely by a machine | Yes | Safeguards required | Be told, give your view, ask for a person to review |
| Complaint | Go to a regulator | Yes | Yes | Report to the FDPIC |
| Compensation | Claim for harm suffered | Yes | Yes | Through the civil courts |
Americas
| Right | Brazil | Chile | California | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access or know | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Correction | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deletion | Yes | Yes | Yes, with exceptions | See its page |
| Portability | Yes | Yes | See its page | See its page |
| Objection or opt-out | Yes | Yes | Opt out of sale or sharing | See its page |
| Automated decisions | Ask for a review | Oppose, with exceptions | See its page | See its page |
| Complaint | ANPD | Data Protection Agency | See its page | Privacy Commissioner |
Asia-Pacific
| Right | Australia | India | China | Japan | South Korea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Correction | See its page | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deletion | See its page | Yes | In listed cases | In some cases | Yes |
| Automated decisions | Policies must describe them | See its page | See its page | See its page | Yes |
| Complaint or redress | See its page | From the organisation | See its page | See its page | Claim damages |
How to use a right
- Find the organisation’s privacy contact, usually in its privacy notice.
- Say which right you are using and what it concerns. Keep a copy and the date.
- If there is no good answer within the legal time limit, go to the regulator.
The time limits and the regulator are on each country’s page.