Section 14
Right to nominate
Lets a Data Principal nominate someone to exercise her rights if she dies or becomes incapable of exercising them.
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What it says
- (1)
- The Data Principal may nominate an individual to exercise her rights in the event of her death or incapacity.
- (2)
- Incapacity means an inability to exercise rights because of unsoundness of mind or infirmity of body.
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Rule 14Rights of Data PrincipalsRequires the means of making a rights request to be published, and caps the grievance response at ninety days.s.11Right to access information about personal dataGives the Data Principal the right to a summary of her data and the processing, and to know who it has been shared with.
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