# Right of access by the data subject 15(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Right of access by the data subject** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-15).

## Provision text

### 15(1)

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the following information:

a) the purposes of the processing;
b) the categories of personal data concerned;
c) the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
d) where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
e) the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing;
f) the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
g) where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
h) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **VG München - M 26a K 25.5210** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/108991
- **BONNIER AUDIO ABET AL. V. PERFECT COMMUNICATIONS WEDEN, 19.April.2012 (“BONNIER”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/5969
- **BONNIER AUDIO ABET AL. V. PERFECT COMMUNICATIONS WEDEN, 19.April.2012 (“BONNIER”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6171
- **CJEU - C-526/24 - Brillen Rottler** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/96819
- **LSG-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR WAHRNEHMUNG VON LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTEN GMBH V. TELE2 TELECOMMUNICATION GMBH, 19.Feb.2009 (“Tele2”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/5980
- **AG Arnsberg - 42 C 434/23** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/90173
- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v CRIF** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51486
- **Privacy International v Secretary of State** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51481
- **Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51474
- **OLG Wien - 13R70/25x** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53664
- **SCARLET EXTENDED SA V. SOCIETE BELGE DES AUTEURS, COMPOSITEURS ET EDITEURS SCRL (SABAM), 24.Nov.2011 (“SCARLET”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/5972

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