Right of access as a data protection boomerang?

Credit Scoring Right of access as a data protection boomerang? Credit reference agency collects data from people who request information On 08.02.2021, noyb filed a GDPR complaint against the credit worthiness data broker KSV 1870. The Austrian credit reference agency stores data from previously unknown individuals who exercise their legal right to access their data without permission. Download: German Complaint to the Austrian data protection authority (PDF) Download: English Machine Translation of the Complaint (PDF) Right of access as a data protection boomerang? Everyone has a right to obtain information about what data a company processes about them. However, many people are afraid to request information because a company might have even more data on them than before: Often, one has to provide an ID or give their name, address and date of birth in order to receive the requested information. In theory there is no reason to be afraid: companies are obviously only allowed to use the