Art.15 Right of access by the data subject

On request, confirm whether personal data concerning the data subject is being processed and, where it is, provide access to that data together with the purposes, the categories of personal data, the recipients or categories of recipient including any in third countries or international organisations, the envisaged storage period or the criteria setting it, the existence of the rights to rectification, erasure, restriction and objection, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, any available information on the source where the data was not collected from the data subject, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling with meaningful information about the logic involved and its significance and envisaged consequences. Where data has been transferred to a third country, inform the data subject of the Article 46 safeguards relating to the transfer. Provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing, in a commonly used electronic form where the request was made electronically, free for the first copy and at a reasonable fee based on administrative costs for further copies. The right to obtain a copy must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

Source: GDPR, Art.15. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open GDPR in the compliance library.

Many articles apply only where their condition is met (a data protection officer under Article 37, an impact assessment under Article 35, a representative under Article 27); the condition is in each statement.