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DSB-D124.2437/25

The DSB held that a therapy association violated a patient's right of access by failing to disclose personal data in a therapist's handwritten notes and by omitting required information on purposes, categories, recipients and retention. English Summary. Facts. The controller, an Austrian registered association, operates a therapy centre for psychosomatic illnesses. The data subject was a patient of the controller. On 28 July 2025, the data subject sent an access request by email under

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The DSB held that a therapy association violated a patient's right of access by failing to disclose personal data in a therapist's handwritten notes and by omitting required information on purposes, categories, recipients and retention. English Summary. Facts. The controller, an Austrian registered association, operates a therapy centre for psychosomatic illnesses. The data subject was a patient of the controller. On 28 July 2025, the data subject sent an access request by email under Article 15 GDPR, asking for full information on all personal data processed about him including specific categories of data, processing purposes, recipients, storage periods, data origin, any automated decision-making, a copy of his data in electronic format and what data had been processed by two named individuals (a doctor and a body therapist working for the controller) and whether either had disclosed his data to third parties. The controller's chairperson replied by email on 12 August