By Catherine FREICHEL, Associate, Dispute Resolution and Privacy, Linklaters
In 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered four decisions on the right of access, one of the data subject rights enshrined in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which seeks to ensure a high level of protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to the processing of their personal data.
The right of access, founded in article 15 of the GDPR, includes three different components: (i) confirmation as to whether data about the person is processed or not, (ii) access to this personal data and (iii) access to certain information about the processing(1). Its overall aim is to provide...
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