• What rights can I exercise under local legislation around my data?

Modified on Wed, 7 Feb at 4:44 PM

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WHAT’S COVERED IN THIS ARTICLE?

This article explains the rights candidates can exercise under local legislation.

What is local legislation?

In the U.K. we define this as a series of rules or standards (sometimes referred to as byelaws) as set out by a local governmental authority/body requiring something to be done – or not done – in a specified area.

WHAT DO I NEED?

N/A.

GUIDANCE:

Everyone has the right to access their personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018, which is the United Kingdom’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You have the right to do the following:

You have the right to know exactly how your data we collect is used.
You can make a request to find out what information we have collected about you.
You can ask your data to be corrected if there are mistakes.
You can make a Subject Access Request to access your data.
You can ask for erasure of your data from records.
You can object when you do not wish certain data to be used

If you want to exercise any of the following, please be aware that you should make a Subject Access Request to the organisation that requested the background check on your behalf.

Verifile does not control your data. We function as a data processor, whereas the organisation that has requested this check is the data controller.

What is a Subject Access Request?

A subject access request is a request made by an individual to access their personal information that is held by an organisation.

RECAP:

Candidates will now have a summary of the rights they can exercise.

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