# Test Cases On Freedom To Exercise GDPR Rights In Any Format

- Type: News
- Source: noyb - European Center for Digital Rights
- Date: 2018-12-08
- Original: https://noyb.eu/en/test-cases-freedom-exercise-gdpr-rights-any-format
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/53386
- Topics: Personal Data

## Summary

Many controllers reacted to GDPR with automated systems. While this may be effective and helpful in many cases, there is a tendency that controllers limit the options of data subjects to express their rights to certain „requests“ – that may not always be in the interest of the data subject. Many forms of automated requests are also extremely complicated or not useable in practice.

## Full text

Many controllers reacted to GDPR with automated systems. While this may be effective and helpful in many cases, there is a tendency that controllers limit the options of data subjects to express their rights to certain „requests“ – that may not always be in the interest of the data subject. Many forms of automated requests are also extremely complicated or not useable in practice.

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